Introduction Chapter I: Approaching Pragmatic Humanism 1.1 A Philosophy for Real Human Beings 1.2 The Radical Humanizing of Reality and Truth 1.3 Human Responsibility: The Meliorist Outlook Chapter 2: Human Inquiry and The Authority of Science 2.1 A Universal Path to Certainty? 2.2 From Naturalism to Scientism 2.3 Science as Human Activity 2.4 Pluralizing science Chapter 3: Emancipatory Outlooks on Religion and Faith 3.1 Keeping the door open 3.2 First-hand vs. second-hand religion 3.3 Naturalizing Religion (But the Pragmatic Way) 3.4 Religious truth claims 3.5 Religious Institutions and Theologies 3.6 Humanizing the Traditions 3.7 Is Pragmatic Humanism a Religion? Chapter 4: Experimental Action and Inclusion: The Ethics of Pragmatic Humanism 4.1 Failing better: A Negative Account of Ethics 4.2 Moral Pluralism Without Relativism 4.3 Challenging the Moral Order: Consensus vs. Conflict 4.4 Getting Rid of Evil? 4.5 The Therapeutical Turn of Moral Philosophy Chapter 5: Thinking About Last Things: Death, Finitude and Meaning 5.1 Is Death a Problem At All? 5.2 The quest for immortality 5.3 Making Sense in the Face of Finitude 5.4 Bitter, but sweet enough Conclusion: Living on Uncertainties - Pragmatic Humanism as a Way of Life schovat popis