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Autore |
Flynn James R (James Robert), <1934-2020.> |
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How to defend humane ideals : substitutes for objectivity / / James R. Flynn |
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Lincoln, Neb. : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2000 |
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©2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-8032-0261-X |
0-585-31135-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Humanistic ethics |
Social sciences and ethics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-204) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- How to Defend Humane Ideals -- introduction THE PROBLEM -- Truth-Tests and What We Have Lost -- part one THE LIMITATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY -- Plato and Thrasymachus -- Truth-Tests and Proofs -- Kant and Sister Simplice -- transition AN AGENDA -- Morality and Moral Debate -- part two THE POTENCY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Race and Class -- Superpeople and Supermen -- Justice and Meritocracy -- Humanism and Postmodernism -- conclusion UNSOLVED PROBLEMS -- The Personal and the Conventional -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index. |
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