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John Lachs's practical philosophy : critical essays on his thought with replies and bibliography /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Skowroński, Krzysztof Piotr (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2018.
Colección:Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; Central European value studies volume 315.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Intro; John Lachs's Practical Philosophy: Critical Essays on His Thought with Replies and Bibliography; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Prologue; Part 1: The Practice of Philosophizing; 1 Lachs on Transcendence: Art's Relation to the Life of Reason; 2 Thinking in the World: Expanding the Practical Uses of Philosophy; 3 Practical Posthumanism in the Philosophy of John Lachs; 4 John Lachs's Relativism in Philosophical Education as Seen from a Practical Perspective; 5 John Lachs, Meaningful Effort, and the Broken World; Part 2: Philosophical Relationships
  • 6 Lachs, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness7 Lachs vs. Santayana; 8 The Unadulterated Joy and the Pressure of Obligations in John Lachs's Philosophy; Part 3 Stoic Pragmatism; 9 How Stoic is Lachs's Pentapharmakos?; 10 Toward an Ontology for Stoic Pragmatism; 11 Self-Respect, Positive Power, and Stoic Pragmatism: Rawls, Dewey, and Lachs on Justice and Happiness; 12 'Raisins in the Bread of Life': On the Practical Joys of Lachs's Stoic Pragmatism; Part 4: Anthropology, Social Ethics, and Bioethics; 13 The Unlived Life: The Main Nemesis of the Examined Life
  • 14 Are Acts of Institutions Really Fully Analyzable into the Constituent Actions of Human Beings?15 Mediation and Its Discontents; 16 Facing Death: Preparing for Dying as a Social Process; 17 John Lachs on Happiness and Individuality; Part 5 Addendum; 18 Immediacy and the Future; 19 Death and Self-Importance; Part 6: Comprehensive Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources; Articles and Shorter Pieces; Books; Secondary Bibliography; Directed Dissertations at Vanderbilt University; Index