Content

Introduction vii
1  Socrates 3
2  Kurt G ̈odel and relativism 11
3  Chaos 25
4  Aesthetics 39
5  Reality and existence 51
6  Intelligence 63
7  Semantics and abstractions 77
8  Evolution, creation and intelligence 89
9  Truth 101
10 Epistemology 113
11 Freedom 135
12 Personal ethics 159
13 Societal ethics and the exercise of power 179
14 Multilayered ethics 191
15 Ethics and the meaning of life 207
16 Diseases of ethics and derived principles 223
17 Morals 243
18 Guilt, blame and punishment 253
19 On general notions and principles 265
20 Why God? 273
21 Epilogue 285