A community of individuals / / John Lachs

• Autore: Lachs John
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.01
• Soggetto topico: Communities - Philosophy; Individualism; Philosophy, American
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
• Titolo autorizzato: A community of individuals
• ISBN: 1-134-72823-9; 1-315-88097-0; 1-134-72816-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786814203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge American philosophy series.