Paul Carus
nodeOccult & Esoteric
A project to unite all religions under one scientific ethics quietly turned into a system that measures everything by numbers.
Who they are
Paul Carus (1852–1919), who launched a project of ethical universalism at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
What they do
The record says his quest for a unifying Religion of Science has morphed into an all-encompassing Regime of Metrics, justified through the ethics of social justice and planetary stewardship.
How it works
Carus is publicly presented as launching ethical universalism at the 1893 Parliament. The record states that this quest has turned into a Regime of Metrics. Documents named in the record include Religion of Science, The Ethical Problem, The Open Court, The Monist, and the 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions. Carus had a personal membership in Freemasonry, but this does not establish that his chairmanship of the Parliament or his writings were masonic instruments. He also had a personal association with Felix Adler, but this does not establish any institutional, funding, or membership link between them.
Why it matters
It shows how a project for universal ethics can become a system that measures everything by numbers, while still being presented as a quest for unity.
The engine's record — word for word
The corpus records: "In effect, Paul Carus’s quest for a unifying Religion of Science has morphed into an all-encompassing Regime of Metrics , justified through the ethics of social justice and planetary stewardship." It is presented publicly as: "Paul Carus (1852–1919) launched a project of ethical universalism at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago 20 ." Documents named in the corpus: Religion of Science; The Ethical Problem; The Open Court; The Monist; 1893 Parliament of the World’s Religions. Cross-sourced to themasonictrowel.com — documents cited by the corpus and retrieved independently of it.
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Freemasonry (1717-Present)personal membership [Lexicon of Freemasonry by Albert Mackey / The Masonic Trowel] — does not establish: that his chairmanship of the Parliament or his writings
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Felix Adlerpersonal association — does not establish: any institutional, funding, or membership link between them
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