lues produced by human societies. Morals without mores one might call it. In The Meaning of the Meaningless Question, Krutch once more attempts to devalue a popular and legitimate theory of knowing, science. In this essay he maintains that the scientific approach is often flawed in deriving absolutes because of its misdirected focus on what happened as opposed to discovering the essence of a thing itself (Krutch, 1959). As such, the book provides an antidote to cultural relativism through a deconstruction and rejection of various modes of modern philosophy in order to posit in its place KrutchÆs particular brand of philosophy, humanistic absolutism.
There are a number of themes in KrutchÆs collection of essays but perhaps the most overriding of these is rejection. This is because Krutch rejects and undermines a number of theories of rational inquiry and those pertaining to human nature and the human condition. Many modern theories of human nature and the human connection perpetuate a spiritual and intellectual paralysis o
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