Introduction Chapter I: Approaching Pragmatic Humanism

1.1 A Philosophy for Real Human Beings

1.2 The Radical Humanizing of Reality and Truth

1.3 Human Responsibility: The Meliorist Outlook

Chapter 2: Human Inquiry and The Authority of Science

2.1 A Universal Path to Certainty?

2.2 From Naturalism to Scientism

2.3 Science as Human Activity

2.4 Pluralizing science

Chapter 3: Emancipatory Outlooks on Religion and Faith

3.1 Keeping the door open

3.2 First-hand vs. second-hand religion

3.3 Naturalizing Religion (But the Pragmatic Way)

3.4 Religious truth claims

3.5 Religious Institutions and Theologies

3.6 Humanizing the Traditions

3.7 Is Pragmatic Humanism a Religion?

Chapter 4: Experimental Action and Inclusion: The Ethics of Pragmatic Humanism

4.1 Failing better: A Negative Account of Ethics

4.2 Moral Pluralism Without Relativism

4.3 Challenging the Moral Order: Consensus vs. Conflict

4.4 Getting Rid of Evil?

4.5 The Therapeutical Turn of Moral Philosophy

Chapter 5: Thinking About Last Things: Death, Finitude and Meaning

5.1 Is Death a Problem At All?

5.2 The quest for immortality

5.3 Making Sense in the Face of Finitude

5.4 Bitter, but sweet enough

Conclusion: Living on Uncertainties - Pragmatic Humanism as a Way of Life