Today, as a devout Jew, he is well aware of the need for something beyond an optimistic
belief in human progress as a basis for shaping a nation.
In fact the greatest leaps
forward in human progress are marked by secularists freeing themselves from religious fear and persecution.
Reinhold Niebuhr criticized this Pelagian vision of individuals and social orders in Moral Man and Immoral Society, replacing it with an Augustinian realism about human existence that tempered any
optimism in human progress.
Still, they
believe in some human progress, and they emphasize human capacities for reflection on alternatives and choice among them — characteristics that mark them as realistic progressives.
Whether it is modern medicine's prolonging of life or the fashioning of hunting tools in earliest times, it is hard to think of any
milestone in human progress that did not have a technological breakthrough behind it.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada About Blog Technology and science - their impact on the 21st century and the role they
play in human progress.
The continuing objectives of AAAS are to further the work of scientists, facilitate cooperation among them, foster scientific freedom and responsibility, improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, advance education in science, and increase the public understanding and appreciation of the importance of the methods of
science in human progress.
On the contrary, «fundamentalism has offered ordinary people of conservative instincts an alternative to liberal faith
in human progress, a way of making sense out of the world, exerting some control over their lives, and creating a way of life they can believe in.»
In light of the Century's belief
in human progress, it makes sense that editors would choose to use the term «relapse» to describe the unspeakable «evil» associated with the war.
Tim sees Boris as having a «captivating belief
in human progress».
The objectives of the Association are to further the work of scientists, facilitate cooperation among them, foster scientific freedom and responsibility, improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, advance education in science, and increase the public understanding and appreciation of the importance of the methods of science
in human progress.
The objects of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, and to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science
in human progress.
The objectives of the AAAS are: «to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to foster scientific freedom and responsibility, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, and to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science
in human progress.»
The objects of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are to further the work of scientists, to facilitate cooperation among them, to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare, and to increase the public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of the methods of science
in human progress.