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UNINA9910791134203321 |
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Flescher Andrew Michael <1969-> |
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The altruistic species [[electronic resource] ] : scientific, philosophical, and religious perspectives of human benevolence / / Andrew Michael Flescher and Daniel Worthen |
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Philadelphia, : Templeton Foundation Press, c2007 |
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1-282-45086-7 |
9786612450860 |
1-59947-156-6 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (301 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284) and index. |
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Altruism defined -- The perspective of psychological egoism : a sheep in wolf's clothing -- The perspective of evolutionary biology : the genetic dynamics of caring and cooperation -- Psychological perspectives : nurturing our nature -- Philosophical perspectives : altruism and the role of reason -- Religious perspectives : altruism, saints, and believers -- Cultivating our altruistic identity. |
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What motivates altruism? How essential is the phenomenon of altruism to the human experience? Is altruism readily accessible to the ordinary person? In The Altruistic Species, Andrew Michael Flescher and Daniel L.Worthen explore these questions through the lenses of four disciplinary perspectives--biology, psychology, philosophy, and religion. In the course of their investigation, they make an extended argument for the existence of altruism against competing theories that construe all ostensible cases of benevolence as self-interest in disguise. The authors consider theories of egoism; the role of genetics and evolutionary biology; the psychological states that induce altruistic behavior; philosophical theories of altruism in normative ethics such as Kantian, utilitarian, and Aristotelian models of moral action; and accounts of love of the neighbor in Christianity and Buddhism. Additionally, they offer a new, comprehensive definition of altruism that is inclusive of the insights of each of these perspectives. The |
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Altruistic Species reinvigorates the debate over the prevalence of selfless motivation in human behavior--whether it is a rare or ubiquitous phenomenon, something that is always to be considered exceptional or a capacity that members of any community potentially could develop. This noteworthy interdisciplinary examination of altruism balances science, virtue theory, and theology. It is ideal for courses in ethics, human behavior, and evolutionary biology, as an educational resource for other multidisciplinary studies, and for interested lay readers. |
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UNINA9910807826503321 |
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Autore |
Blom Alderik H. |
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Glossing the Psalms : the emergence of the written vernaculars in Western Europe from the seventh to the twelfth centuries / / Alderik H. Blom |
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Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017 |
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©2017 |
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3-11-050186-4 |
3-11-049826-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations |
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Psalters |
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Germany |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I -- Chapter 1: Introduction and Scope -- Chapter 2: Glosses and Glossing -- Chapter 3: The Psalms -- Chapter 4: Two Psalters with Text Glossing: The Southampton and St Caimín Psalters -- Chapter 5: Two Glossed Commentaries: The Milan and Vatican Commentaries -- Part II -- Chapter 6: Introduction to Interlinear Versions -- Chapter 7: The Old Alemannic Psalter Fragments -- Chapter 8: The Vespasian Psalter -- Chapter 9: The 'Lublin/Wittenberg' Fragments -- Chapter 10: The Regius Psalter -- |
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Chapter 11: The Paderborn Fragment -- Chapter 12: The Lambeth Psalter -- Chapter 13: The Old Frisian Psalter Fragment -- Chapter 14: Interlinear Versions: Conclusion -- Part III -- Chapter 15: Glossaries -- Chapter 16: Glossing the Psalms: Comparisons and Conclusions -- Appendix: Functions and Types of Glosses -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Index -- Subject Index |
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This study proposes a new view of glossing as a universal phenomenon. Starting from the Psalter, a centrepiece of devotion and education in early medieval Europe, it combines historical sociolinguistics, comparative philology, manuscript studies and cultural history in order to assess and compare the interface of Latin with Old Irish, Old English, Old Frisian, Old Saxon and Old High German within the context of its multilingual and textual culture. The close study of thirteen glossed manuscripts, such as the Anglo-Saxon Vespasian Psalter and the Old Irish Milan Glosses, reveals when and why scribes switched from Latin into the vernacular, how the vernacular was used in studying Latin, how glosses interact with construe marks and punctuation, and how such manuscripts were intended to be read in a period covering the seventh to the twelfth centuries and in an area stretching from Ireland to Central Europe. The book is an essential textbook for specialists in the growing field of glossing, and also reaches out to scholars of early medieval liturgy, education, palaeography and Christian literature. |
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