Maxwell, N;
(2002)
Cutting God in Half.
Philosophy Now
(35)
22 - 25.
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Abstract
The God of cosmic power needs to be severed from the God of cosmic value. The former is the underlying unified pattern physical law inherent in the physical universe. The latter is what is of most value, actually and potentially, in human life, and in sentient life more generally. Having cut the traditional God in two in this way, the problem then becomes to put the two halves together again - so that human life of value may flourish in the physical universe. This is our fundamental problem - conceptual, theoretical and practical.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cutting God in Half |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.philosophynow.org/issues/35 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Full text made available here with permission from the Editor of Philosophy Now |
| Keywords: | God, religion, science, physical universe, human world, value |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/105646 |
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