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Lachs John |
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A community of individuals / / John Lachs |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-72823-9 |
1-315-88097-0 |
1-134-72816-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge American Philosophy Series |
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Disciplina |
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Communities - Philosophy |
Individualism |
Philosophy, American |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Dedication; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Part I. Intellectuals and Courage; 1. Intellectuals and Courage; 2. Reflections on Philosophy; 3. Teaching as a Calling; 4. Education in the Twenty-First Century; Part II. Issues for Individuals; 5. What Humans Did Not Make; 6. Valuational Species; 7. Improving Life; 8. Transcendence in Philosophy and in Everyday Life; 9. The Vague Hope of Immortality; Part III. Problems for Communities; 10. Both Better Off and Better: Moral Progress amid Continuing Carnage; 11. The Significance of Purposes for Bioethics |
12. Grand Dreams of Perfect People13. Researchers and Their Subjects as Neighbors; 14. Dying Old as a Social Problem; Part IV. American Philosophers; 15. The Insignificance of Individuals; 16. Santayana as Pragmatist; 17. Neoplatonic Elements in the Spiritual Life; 18. Peirce: Inquiry as Social Life; 19. Peirce and Santayana on Purposes; 20. Metaphysics and the Social Construction of Human Nature; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
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