Reverence for Life: The Ethics of Albert Schweitzer for the Twenty-First Century by Albert Schweitzer

Author:Albert Schweitzer [Schweitzer, Albert]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781497684836
Publisher: Philosophical Library/Open Road
Published: 2014-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

Spiritual Harmony

As we know life in ourselves, we want to understand life in the universe, in order to enter into harmony with it. Physically we are always trying to do this. But that is not the primary matter; for the great issue is that we shall achieve a spiritual harmony. Just to recognize this fact is to have begun to see a part of life clearly.

Reason and Goodness

Whatever is reasonable is good.… To be truly rational is to become ethical.

Absolute Ethics

Every ethic has something of the absolute about it, just as soon as it ceases to be mere social law. It demands of one what is actually beyond his strength. Take the question of man’s duty to his neighbor. The ethic cannot be fully carried out, without involving the possibility of complete sacrifice of self. Yet, philosophy has never bothered to take due notice of the distinction. It has simply tried to ignore absolute ethics, because such ethics cannot be fitted into tabulated rules and regulations. Indeed, the history of world teachings on the subject may be summarized in the motto: “Avoid absolute ethics, and thus keep within the realm of the possible.”

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