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Morality, self-knowledge, and human suffering : an essay on the loss of confidence in the world /

"In this wholly original study, Josep Corbi asks how one should relate to a certain kind of human suffering, namely, the harm that people cause one another. Relying upon real life examples of human suffering--including torture, genocide, and warfare--as opposed to thought experiments, Corbi pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Corbí, Josep E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Colección:Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 38.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Thought experiments, justice and character
  • 2. The loss of confidence in the world
  • 3. The real and the imaginary in the soldier's experience
  • 4. The reality of moral features
  • 5. Moral principles and the divided conception of the self
  • 6. Self-knowledge in the light of a dance
  • 7. Conclusion.