Real American ethics : taking responsibility for our country /

Publisher description for Real American ethics : taking responsibility for our country / Albert Borgmann. America is a wonderful and magnificent country that affords its citizens the broadest freedoms and the greatest prosperity in the world. But it also has its share of warts. It is embroiled in a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Borgmann, Albert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Temas:
Ethics > United States.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics
Moral conditions
United States > Moral conditions.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction : the place of ethics
  • 1. Real American ethics
  • 2. Decency and passion
  • 3. Kinds of ethics
  • pt. 1. Theoretical ethics
  • 4. Moral landmarks
  • 5. Jefferson and Kant
  • 6. The pursuit of happiness
  • 7. Evolutionary psychology
  • 8. John Rawls
  • pt. 2. Practical ethics
  • 9. Theory and practice.
  • 10. Personal virtues
  • 11. Political virtues
  • pt. 3. Real ethics
  • 12. Recognizing reality
  • 13. The economy of the household
  • 14. The design of public space
  • 15. Realizing American ethics
  • Notes
  • Index.

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