Love, Power, and Justice The Dynamics of

With fascinating insight, Love, Power, and Justice explores issues of authentic morality using precepts and arguments from philosophy, science and religion, as well as the profound concepts contained in the Baha'i revelation. This work, now in its second edition, is an innovative contribution to one of the more intractable debates of our time—a time when so many different factions and individuals each claim to speak with moral authority.

William S. Hatcher (1935–2005) was a mathematician, philosopher, educator and a member of the Bahá'í Faith. He held a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. A specialist in the philosophical alloying of science and religion, for over thirty years he held university positions in North America, Europe, and Russia.

Preface to Second Edition

xi

Preface to First Edition

xv

Introduction

xix

The Nature of Authentic Morality

1

(36)

The Supreme Value in Creation: the Human Being

1

(3)

Religion and Morality---the Pursuit of Authentic Relationships

4

(4)

Religion Viewed as Ideology

8

(5)

Religion Viewed as Social Convention

13

(2)

Religion as a Set of Moral Rules

15

(3)

Romanticism in Religion

18

(2)

Humanisms and Non-Religious Ideologies

20

(2)

Collectivism; the Pursuit of Power

22

(4)

Individualism and Competition

26

(5)

Social Norms, Material Values, and Spiritual Values

31

(3)

Summary and Conclusion

34

(3)

The Process of Moral Development

37

(24)

Introduction: Autonomy and Spiritual Well-Being

37

(3)

Developing Curricula for Youth and Young Adults

40

(2)

Interactions---the Basic Unit of Human Experience

42

(2)

The Fundamental Interactions of the Self

44

(2)

Capacities of the Self

46

(3)

Actualizing the Self

49

(4)

Objectivity, Causality, and the Reality Principle

53

(4)

Inner Models of Reality

57

(4)

Implementing the Development Process

61

(76)

Three Paradises

61

(3)

Altruistic Love---the Relationship Between Individuals

64

(3)

Love, Power, and Justice

67

(15)

The Existence of God

82

(4)

Our Relationship with God

86

(4)

Our Relationship to Society and to Social Groups

90

(9)

The Self's Relationship with the Self

99

(8)

The Self-Image and the Inner Model

107

(8)

Other Categories of Interaction

115

(7)

Authenticity, Autonomy, and Convergence

122

(11)

Moral Dilemmas

133

(4)

Appendix I: Brief Axiomatic Sketch of the Principal Concepts of the System of Authentic Morality

137

(2)

Appendix II: Sketch of Formalized Version of the Proof of the Existence of God

139

(4)

Appendix III: The Virtuous Cycle

143

(10)

Bibliography

153

(2)

Index

155

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