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Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / Thomas D. Davis
| Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / Thomas D. Davis |
| Autore | Davis Thomas D. <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Collana | Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethics in literature
Fiction - History and criticism Literature - Philosophy Ethics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-62521-8
1-118-62535-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contemporary Moral and Social Issues: An Introduction through Original Fiction, Discussion, and Readings; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Source Acknowledgments; Part I Introduction Values; 1 Values: Fiction; Too Much; Questions; 2 Values: Discussion; Too Much; Values; Personal Values; Some distinctions; Happiness as the ultimate personal value; Happiness research; Other personal values; Moral Values; Moral values/issues in the story; What are moral values?; Biased moral reasoning; Notes and selected sources; Definitions; Questions; 3 Values: Readings
Claudia Wallis writes about the "new science of happiness"Robert Nozick discusses his case of the "experience machine"; Jonathan Glover discusses the dual values of happiness and flourishing; Patrick Grim asks what makes a life good, distinguishing between "lives to envy" and "lives to admire"; Louis P. Pojman, Richard Joyce and Shaun Nichols give their views on what morality is; Jonathan haidt discusses biases in our moral reasoning; Part II Moral Theory; 4 Moral Theory: Fiction; Long Live the King; Questions; 5 Moral Theory: Discussion; Long Live the King; Religious ethics; God and the good The God perspectiveUtilitarianism and rights; Utilitarianism; A first look at rights; The idealized human perspective; Aristotle and virtue ethics; Kant and universalizability; Rawls and the ideal agent; The unidealized human perspective; Evolutionary ethics; Basic social contract theory; Moral libertarianism; Notes and selected sources; Definitions; Questions; Appendix: moral relativism; What's supposed to be relative?; Cultural relativism; Individual relativism/moral subjectivism; Notes and selected sources; Definitions; Questions; 6 Moral Theory: Readings Jeremy Bentham presents a classic statement of the principle of utilityJohn Stuart Mill argues that there are higher and lower forms of happiness; Peter Singer discusses what ethics is and offers a justification for a utilitarian ethic; Immanuel Kant argues that ethics is based on "the categorical imperative"; John Rawls argues that from an original position of equality we would reject utilitarianism in favor of his two principles of justice; Robert Nozick discusses the moral principles behind his political libertarianism Jeremy Waldron discusses the concept of human rights and gives an argument for "welfare rights"Aristotle analyzes happiness as a life lived according to virtue; Jonathan Haidt discusses virtue ethics in the context of positive psychology; Jean Grimshaw discusses the idea of a female ethic, reviewing some contemporary writers on the subject; Simon Blackburn warns against confusions we should avoid if we read popular literature on ethics and evolution; George Lakoff describes two forms of Christianity that parallel two different models of the family James Rachels discusses "the challenge of cultural relativism" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465599103321 |
Davis Thomas D. <1941->
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
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Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / Thomas D. Davis
| Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / Thomas D. Davis |
| Autore | Davis Thomas D. <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Collana | Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethics in literature
Ethics Fiction - History and criticism Literature - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
9781118625354
1118625358 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796097303321 |
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Davis Thomas D. <1941->
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / Thomas D. Davis
| Contemporary moral and social issues : an introduction through original fiction, discussion, and readings / / Thomas D. Davis |
| Autore | Davis Thomas D. <1941-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (448 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Collana | Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies |
| Soggetto topico |
Ethics in literature
Ethics Fiction - History and criticism Literature - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
9781118625354
1118625358 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814686603321 |
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Davis Thomas D. <1941->
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| Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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De chaînes en trames : Histoire nationale et vie privée dans le roman naturaliste et vériste / / Marie-Ève Laurin
| De chaînes en trames : Histoire nationale et vie privée dans le roman naturaliste et vériste / / Marie-Ève Laurin |
| Autore | Laurin Marie-Ève <1978-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Quebećbec, Canada] : , : Presses de l'Université du Québec, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
French fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Italian fiction - 19th century - History and criticism Naturalism in literature Politics in literature Privacy in literature |
| ISBN | 2-7605-3067-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910734990403321 |
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Laurin Marie-Ève <1978->
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| [Quebećbec, Canada] : , : Presses de l'Université du Québec, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecocriticism and the idea of culture : biology and the bildungsroman / / Helena Feder
| Ecocriticism and the idea of culture : biology and the bildungsroman / / Helena Feder |
| Autore | Feder Helena |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bildungsromans - History and criticism
Ecology in literature Nature in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-317-14641-7
1-317-14640-9 1-315-57864-6 1-4094-0158-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Biology and the Idea of Culture; 2 Candide and the Dialectic of Enlightenment; 3 Ecocriticism and the Production of Monstrosity in Frankenstein; 4 Placing Modernity in Orlando; 5 Consuming Culture in A Small Place and Among Flowers; 6 Conclusion: Dehumanization, Animality, and the Bildungsroman; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464905703321 |
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Feder Helena
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecocriticism and the idea of culture : biology and the bildungsroman / / Helena Feder
| Ecocriticism and the idea of culture : biology and the bildungsroman / / Helena Feder |
| Autore | Feder Helena |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bildungsromans - History and criticism
Ecology in literature Nature in literature |
| ISBN |
1-317-14641-7
1-317-14640-9 1-315-57864-6 1-4094-0158-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Biology and the Idea of Culture; 2 Candide and the Dialectic of Enlightenment; 3 Ecocriticism and the Production of Monstrosity in Frankenstein; 4 Placing Modernity in Orlando; 5 Consuming Culture in A Small Place and Among Flowers; 6 Conclusion: Dehumanization, Animality, and the Bildungsroman; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789120303321 |
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Feder Helena
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecocriticism and the idea of culture : biology and the bildungsroman / / Helena Feder
| Ecocriticism and the idea of culture : biology and the bildungsroman / / Helena Feder |
| Autore | Feder Helena |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
Bildungsromans - History and criticism
Ecology in literature Nature in literature |
| ISBN |
1-317-14641-7
1-317-14640-9 1-315-57864-6 1-4094-0158-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Biology and the Idea of Culture; 2 Candide and the Dialectic of Enlightenment; 3 Ecocriticism and the Production of Monstrosity in Frankenstein; 4 Placing Modernity in Orlando; 5 Consuming Culture in A Small Place and Among Flowers; 6 Conclusion: Dehumanization, Animality, and the Bildungsroman; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806187103321 |
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Feder Helena
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Exiles, outcasts, strangers : icons of marginalization in post World War II narratives / Mary Jo Muratore
| Exiles, outcasts, strangers : icons of marginalization in post World War II narratives / Mary Jo Muratore |
| Autore | Muratore Mary Jo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Soggetto topico |
Marginality, Social, in literature
Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Exiles in literature Strangers in literature Alienation (Social psychology) in literature Victims of crimes in literature Minorities in literature |
| ISBN |
1-4411-2032-7
1-4411-5611-9 1-4725-4242-8 1-4411-7005-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contagions of conformity in Camus' L'etranger -- The art of betrayal in Sabato's El tunel -- Poeticizing vice : Genet's Querelle de brest -- In the shadows of significance : the dissolution of character in Wright's The outsider -- The exemplum of empathy in Andre Langevin's Poussiere sur la ville -- Miscast utopia : reversing the slant of history in Pineau's L'exil selon Julia -- Habitat for inhumanity : the legacy of conquest in Naipaul's Guerrillas -- The enemy within : the politics of self-destruction in Zongo's Le parachutage -- The scattered self : the dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le cinquieme fils -- Afterword -- Appendix
Introduction -- 1. Contagions of Conformity in Camus' L'Étranger -- 2. The Art of Betrayal in Sábato's El túnel -- 3. Poeticizing Vice: Genet's Querelle de Brest -- 4. In the Shadows of Significance: The Dissolution of Character in Wright's The Outsider -- 5. The Exemplum of Empathy in André Langevin's Poussière sur la ville -- 6. Miscast Utopia: Reversing the Slant of History in Pineau's L'Exil selon Julia -- 7. Habitat for Inhumanity: The Legacy of Conquest in Naipaul's Guerillas -- 8. The Enemy Within: The Politics of Self-Destruction in Zongo's Le Parachutage -- 9. The Scattered Self: The Dislocation of identity in Wiesel's Le Cinquième Fils -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Bibliography |
| Altri titoli varianti | Icons of marginalization in post World War II |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153176603321 |
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Muratore Mary Jo
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| New York, : Continuum, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorations of consciousness in contemporary fiction [[e-book] /] / edited by Grzegorz Maziarczyk, Joanna Klara Teske
| Explorations of consciousness in contemporary fiction [[e-book] /] / edited by Grzegorz Maziarczyk, Joanna Klara Teske |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MaziarczykGrzegorz
TeskeJoanna Klara |
| Collana | Consciousness, literature and the arts |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - Psychological aspects
Consciousness in literature Postmodernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries Narration (Rhetoric) - Psychological aspects Psychology in literature Cognition in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 90-04-34785-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contemporary Fiction and Consciousness / Grzegorz Maziarczyk and Joanna Klara Teske -- “Unquantifiable factors”: The Concept of Qualia in Two Novels about Artificial Intelligence by Richard Powers and David Gerrold / Dániel Panka -- Creations of the Posthuman Mind: Consciousness in Peter Watts’s Blindsight / Justyna Galant -- “Men are Noisy creachers”: Dystopian Consciousness in Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking Trilogy / Marta Komsta -- Autistic Consciousness Represented: Fictional Mental Functioning of a Different Kind / Péter Kristóf Makai -- Embodied Consciousness: Autism, Life Writing and the Limits of the Cognitive Paradigm / Ajitpaul Mangat -- Reality of the Unreal: The Use of Contradiction in Postmodern Fiction Exploring the Creative Potential of the Human Mind / Joanna Klara Teske -- Art, Madness and the Divine in Russell Hoban’s The Medusa Frequency / Sylwia Wilczewska -- Narrated Madness: Extreme States of Consciousness in A. S. Byatt’s Frederica Quartet / Barbara Puschmann-Nalenz -- Richard Powers’s “Hybrid Bastard”: The Echo Maker and “The Postpsychiatric Novel” / James McAdams -- Bullet in the Head: Jess Walter’s The Zero and the Conscious Conscience of 9/11 / Lloyd Isaac Vayo -- The Embodied Mind: Janice Galloway’s The Trick is to Keep Breathing / Dóra Vecsernyés -- Addressing the Self in Keri Hulme’s the bone people / Judit Friedrich -- Multimodality, Interactivity and Embodiment: Representation of Consciousness in Digital Narratives / Grzegorz Maziarczyk -- The Mind of Then We Came to the End: A Transmental Approach to Contemporary Metafiction / Nathan D. Frank. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493231403321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Explorations of consciousness in contemporary fiction / / edited by Grzegorz Maziarczyk, Joanna Klara Teske
| Explorations of consciousness in contemporary fiction / / edited by Grzegorz Maziarczyk, Joanna Klara Teske |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 pages) |
| Disciplina | 809.3/9353 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MaziarczykGrzegorz
TeskeJoanna Klara |
| Collana | Consciousness, literature and the arts |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiction - Psychological aspects
Consciousness in literature Postmodernism (Literature) - English-speaking countries Narration (Rhetoric) - Psychological aspects Psychology in literature Cognition in literature |
| ISBN | 90-04-34785-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contemporary Fiction and Consciousness / Grzegorz Maziarczyk and Joanna Klara Teske -- “Unquantifiable factors”: The Concept of Qualia in Two Novels about Artificial Intelligence by Richard Powers and David Gerrold / Dániel Panka -- Creations of the Posthuman Mind: Consciousness in Peter Watts’s Blindsight / Justyna Galant -- “Men are Noisy creachers”: Dystopian Consciousness in Patrick Ness’s Chaos Walking Trilogy / Marta Komsta -- Autistic Consciousness Represented: Fictional Mental Functioning of a Different Kind / Péter Kristóf Makai -- Embodied Consciousness: Autism, Life Writing and the Limits of the Cognitive Paradigm / Ajitpaul Mangat -- Reality of the Unreal: The Use of Contradiction in Postmodern Fiction Exploring the Creative Potential of the Human Mind / Joanna Klara Teske -- Art, Madness and the Divine in Russell Hoban’s The Medusa Frequency / Sylwia Wilczewska -- Narrated Madness: Extreme States of Consciousness in A. S. Byatt’s Frederica Quartet / Barbara Puschmann-Nalenz -- Richard Powers’s “Hybrid Bastard”: The Echo Maker and “The Postpsychiatric Novel” / James McAdams -- Bullet in the Head: Jess Walter’s The Zero and the Conscious Conscience of 9/11 / Lloyd Isaac Vayo -- The Embodied Mind: Janice Galloway’s The Trick is to Keep Breathing / Dóra Vecsernyés -- Addressing the Self in Keri Hulme’s the bone people / Judit Friedrich -- Multimodality, Interactivity and Embodiment: Representation of Consciousness in Digital Narratives / Grzegorz Maziarczyk -- The Mind of Then We Came to the End: A Transmental Approach to Contemporary Metafiction / Nathan D. Frank. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795937603321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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