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Self expressions : mind, morals, and the meaning of life /

What makes the life of any animal, even one as sophisticated as Homo sapiens, worth anything? What place in a material world is there for God? And if there is no place for a God, then what hold can morality possibly have on us? Why isn't everything allowed? In this trailblazing collection of es...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flanagan, Owen, Jr., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Colección:Philosophy of mind series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: what makes life worth living?
  • Is a science of the conscious mind possible?
  • Self-expression in sleep: neuroscience and dreams
  • Neuroscience, agency, and the meaning of life
  • Multiple identity, character transformation, and self-reclamation
  • I remember you
  • Children, other minds, and honesty
  • Ethics naturalized: ethics as human ecology
  • Identity and reflection
  • Virtue and ignorance
  • Admirable immorality and admirable imperfection
  • Self-confidences
  • Epilogue: save the last dance for me.