Luc Ferry’s Possibility of Atheistic Salvation
Luc Ferry’s Possibility of Atheistic Salvation

Summary/Abstract: If one embraces spiritual development as a kind of cognitive and moral devel-opment, then an important term here from a cognitive perspective and beyondmight be “salvation.” But is it not reserved for the religious sphere? This articleshows that it doesn't have to be. A new form of salvation suggested by Franco-phone philosopher Luc Ferry concerns first of all the resignation from a faithabout a transcendent God, which is substituted with an undefined sacrum(what is holy, is highest) in immanence. New form of ethic is becoming a popu-lar alternative to religious spirituality today. However, traditional and newspirituality should not be treated as separate sets, as they do not necessarilycompete with each other. Systems of spiritual development related to specificdenominations will always provide inspiration even for atheist’s ethic. The lat-ter can indicate that apart from religion, there is also a spirituality that can de-velop in a person. Nihilism is not the only alternative to religion, as sometimesthe defenders of the old religious order try to show.

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