The Philosophy of Values

The Adequacy of Religion

Jan 13, 1965

David Sidorsky, professor of philosophy at Columbia University, speaks about religion as a value in which people find “ultimate significance.” This is the second part of a five-part lecture series exploring the philosophy of history, religion, art, and science as human values. Sidorsky critically explores the ability of religion to justify the principles, values, and significance it professes. He discusses religion as a mode of aspiration, inhibition, repression, and expressiveness, and weighs the difficulties of using religious belief as a philosophical justification of meaning. The lecture is followed with questions from the audience.

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