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The Battle for Compassion : Ethics in an Apathetic Universe.
Six hundred years after Copernicus presented his revolutionary and heretical heliocentric theory, a sunset can still look unexpectedly new. What if the fate of our world depended on a similar shift in perspective?. Synthesizing recent thinking from science, philosophy, psychology and economics with...
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New York :
Algora Pub.,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Battle for Compassion : |b Ethics in an Apathetic Universe. |
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| 500 | |a 1. Prologue. | ||
| 520 | |a Six hundred years after Copernicus presented his revolutionary and heretical heliocentric theory, a sunset can still look unexpectedly new. What if the fate of our world depended on a similar shift in perspective?. Synthesizing recent thinking from science, philosophy, psychology and economics with the author's own reflections on freedom, identity and morality, The Battle for Compassion offers a fresh, sweeping perspective on the human condition and a deep contemplation of the basis for our priorities at this critical moment in our history. The threats to our existence and the persistence of i. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Preliminaries -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- 1. Prologue -- 2. Introduction -- 3. A Step Back -- 4. Blueprint for a Brain -- 5. Subjective Experience: The Hidden Side of Reality -- 6. Determinism: The Universe's Marionette Show -- 7. The Illusion of Distinct Individual Identity -- 8. What Matters? -- 9. Avoiding the Abyss -- 10. Satisfaction -- 11. Preserving Life -- 12. In Search of an Ethical Anchor -- 13. Where We Are Headed -- 14. As Good as It Can Get -- 15. Down to Earth -- 16. Making an Impact: Globally Entrenching Compassion -- 17. Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
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