Human Flourishing: Scientific insight and spiritual wisdom in uncertain times- Hardcover by Andrew Briggs

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Author: Briggs Andrew

Package Dimensions: 24x224x634

Number Of Pages: 368

Release Date: 18-12-2021

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‘A careful and thoughtful provocation’ (Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury)

Ambitiously placed at the intersection of scientific insights and spiritual wisdom, Human Flourishing prompts us to reflect on what constitutes a good life and the choices that can help achieve it.

For thousands of years, humans have asked ‘Why we are here?’ and ‘What makes for a good life?’ At different times, different answers have held sway. Nowadays, there are more answers proposed than ever. Much of humanity still finds the ultimate answers to such questions in religion. But in countries
across the globe, secular views are widely held. In any event, whether religious or secular, individuals, communities and governments still have to make decisions about what people get from life.

This book therefore examines what is meant by human flourishing and see what it has to offer for those seeking after truth, meaning and purpose. This is a book written for anyone who wants a future for themselves, their children, and their fellow humans – a future that enables flourishing, pays due
consideration to issues of truth and helps us find meaning and purpose in our lives.

At a time when most of us are bombarded with messages about what we should or should not do to live healthily, attain a work-life balance and find meaning, a careful consideration of the contributions of both scientific insight and spiritual wisdom provides a new angle. This is therefore a book that
not only helps readers clarify their views and see things afresh but also help them improve their own well-being in an age of AI and other new technologies.

Review
“The struggle for human beings to integrate a thoughtful understanding of the world as described by science and an ambitious hope of human flourishing as described by philosophy or faith is one at which humans have largely failed over the last three hundred years. This book is a major step in the
right direction. It is very serious about science and very serious about human beings and their hopes and fears. I warmly commend it for a careful and thoughtful provocation towards a deeper commitment to the flourishing of human beings and of the creation.” — Justin Welby, Archbishop of
Canterbury

“The theme of this highly readable and enlightening book is broad and ambitious. It’s the product of the authors’ deep engagement with science, ethics and religion, and analyses the requisites for a fulfilled life, highlighting those that too often elude politicians and economists. The text is
enlivened with historical allusions and quotations. It offers a wise perspective that’s much needed as individuals and societies contend with the anxieties of the present era.” — Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, former President of the Royal Society

“In this magisterial book, Andrew Briggs and Michael Reiss address one of the most fundamental issues confronting humanity―human flourishing. Drawing on science and religion, they examine it from the perspective of the material, relational and spiritual. What emerges are profound insights into
meaning, purpose, truth, and the reason for being. This book should be read by anyone interested in what it is to be human.” — Colin Mayer, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies, University of Oxford

“What enables the good life? Material goods? Supportive relationships? Transcendent purpose? In this state-of-the-art synopsis, scientist Andrew Briggs and bioethicist Michael Reiss weave these and other threads into the fabric of human thriving. With a breath-taking sweep of scholarship that draws
insights from multiple disciplines, they illuminate a path toward meaningful well-being and sustainable joy.” — David Myers, Professor of Psychology, Hope College, author of
The Pursuit of Happiness

“A sophisticated and much-needed and insightful integration of science and humanity. As an economist I am embarrassed by my profession’s stunted characterisation of humanity