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Philosophy, Ethics and A Common Humanity.
The work of Raimond Gaita, in books such as Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, A Common Humanity and The Philosopher's Dog, has made an outstanding and controversial contribution to philosophy and to the wider culture. In this superb collection an international team of contributors explore...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Front Cover; Philosophy, Ethics and a Common Humanity; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Raimond Gaita: a brief biography; Preface; Introduction: Philosophy in celebration: Christopher Cordner; 1. Gaita on recognizing the human: Lars Hertzberg; 2. The work of saintly love: the religious impulse in Gaita's writing: Stephen Mulhall; 3. Insanity, crankiness and evil
- and other ways of thinking the unthinkable: Jonathan Glover; 4. Gaita and Plato: goodness, love and beauty: Christopher Cordner; 5. Good and Evil and the criminal law: Antony Duff.
- 6. In search of goodness: Marina Barabas7. Human dignity between kitsch and deification: Avishai Margalit; 8. The meaning of what we have done: humanity, invisibility and law in the European settlement of Australia: Martin Krygier; 9. Primo Levi: an appreciation: Robert Manne; 10. 'It goes deep with me': Plato's Charmides on knowledge, self-knowledge and integrity: M.M. McCabe; 11. Romulus, My Father and the 'virtues of truth': Genevieve Lloyd; 12. Form and content in Romulus, My Father: Peter Coghlan; 13. On adapting Romulus, My Father: Nick Drake; 14. A poem and its hauntings: Peter Steele.