Charles Taylor
Philosopher, born in 1931, whose The Ethics of Authenticity (1991) defended the modern ideal of authenticity while criticising its slide into self-centred individualism and relativism.
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Their wordsthey try to explain everything human beings do by talking about economic factors, political factors, drive for power, all of which are important, but they leave out what I call the spiritual dimension.
↗Templeton Prize Winner Taylor Talks About Spirituality in Modern Society (PBS NewsHour, interview by Ray Suarez)pbs.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsAnd somebody comes along and gives them a tremendous sense of meaning and dignity and power if they join this movement and even sometimes do some terrible things.
↗Templeton Prize Winner Taylor Talks About Spirituality in Modern Society (PBS NewsHour, interview by Ray Suarez)pbs.org 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsThe first source of worry is individualism.
↗The Ethics of Authenticity (Harvard University Press, 1992)archive.org All 2 from this book
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Their wordsThat's because anthropocentrism, by abolishing all horizons of significance, threatens us with a loss of meaning and hence a trivialization of our predicament.
↗The Ethics of Authenticity (Harvard University Press, 1992)archive.org All 2 from this book