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Living With Honour: A Pagan Ethics
Author(s): Restall Orr Emma (Author)
- Publisher: Moon Books
- Publication Date: 25 April 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 368 pages
- ISBN-10: 184694094X
- ISBN-13: 9781846940941
Book Description
Living With Honour is a provocative and uncompromising exploration of how Paganism can provide the philosophical guidance to live honourably in a twenty-first Western society. It covers the history of Paganism, its undercurrents of anarchy, heresy, environmentalism and animism, finding its place within the history of Western philosophy. It addresses key moral issues from that animistic perspective, beginning with the foundation of human relationships and attitudes towards the Other, and explores the factors that hinder ethical action. It is a comprehensive guide to moral living from a Pagan perspective.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This is an excellent pioneering work, erudite, courageous and imaginative, that provides a new kind of ethics, linked to a newly appeared complex of religions, which are founded on some very old human truths. –Professor Ronald Hutton, world expert on paganism and author of The Triumph of the Moon and many other titles.
This is a lively, sensible and careful attempt to make sense of some very confusing, and yet important, areas of modern thought. I particularly like the clear style and the attention that the author gives to parts of the historical background which are usually misunderstood. The book should interest a wide audience. –Mary Midgley, philosopher, author of Science as Salvation and many other works.
About the Author
Emma Restall Orr (aka Bobcat) is one of the most well-known Druids worldwide. She worked for the Order of Bards Ovates and Druids, was Joint Chief of the British Druid Order, and in 2002 created the international Druid Network. In 2004, she founded Honouring the Ancient Dead, which advocates with heritage organisations around the issue of ancient and Pagan British human remains. She is a practicing priest and teacher, regularly lectures at universities and within the Pagan community, and works as a media spokesperson for Druidry.
