Philosophical faith: The savior of humanity

Abstract

The chapter examines the challenges of the contemporary age on the future of humanity and shows the way of meeting them by taking Jaspers’ rational holistic approach through philosophical faith. It explores the present shattering scenario in terms of the threat of the environment, unrestricted consumerism, religious violence information technology and unethical global flare-up with weapons of mass destruction, which are heading towards the end humanity. In this context questions arise such as, “How can there be harmonious interactions amongst man, nature, technology and culture?” Jaspers’ concepts of philosophical faith and reason are compared with those of Paul Tillich, which become the fountainhead of freedom, creativity, and intrinsic values connecting man with other beings of the universe meaningfully.