Author: Robert Kane

1. Modernity and Free Will “There is a disputation that will continue till mankind is raised from the dead, between the necessitarians and the partisans of free will.” These are the words of the 12th century Persian poet and Sufi thinker, Jalalu’ddin Rumi. The free will of which Rumi speaks is the traditional notion of…

1. Ancient Wisdom, Modern Challenges The subject of this conference session is “wisdom”; and the topic provides an oppor­tunity for me to present to you some ideas I have been developing for two decades that are part of a nearly completed book (entitled Ethics and the Quest for Wisdom), which defends new founda­tions for ethics…