In search of the good life : a pedagogy for troubled times /

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To whom should we look for moral guidance during times of global violence, scarcity, and corruption? For two millennia, Aristotle's writings have taught that the ethically "good life" is the highest purpose of human existence. In In Search of the Good Life, renowned philosopher Fred D...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007.
Temas:
Political sociology.
Political science > Philosophy.
Democracy.
Ethics.
Civics.
Theological virtues.
Sociologie politique.
Morale.
Vertus théologales.
ethics (philosophy)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
Civics
Democracy
Ethics
Political science > Philosophy
Political sociology
Theological virtues
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prominent searchers in the past
  • A pedagogy of the heart: Saint Bonaventure's spiritual itinerary
  • Walking humbly with your God: Jñanadev and the Warkari movement
  • Wise ignorance: Nicolaus of Cusa's search for truth
  • The natural theology of the Chinese: Leibniz and Confucianism
  • Montesquieu's Persian letters: a timely classic
  • Beautiful freedom: Schiller on the aesthetic education of humanity
  • Pedagogy for our troubled times
  • Why the classics today? Lessons from Gadamer and de Bary
  • Canons or cannons? On mobilizing global democracy
  • An end to evil: conquest or moral pedadogy?
  • Transnational citizenship: paths beyond the nation-state
  • Religious freedom: preserving the salt of the earth
  • Love and justice: a memorial tribute to Paul Ricoeur
  • Appendixes
  • A. Multiculturalism and the good life: comments on Bhikhu Parekh
  • B. Modalities of intercultural dialogue: UNESCO at sixty
  • In a different voice: some afterthoughts on violence
  • Building peace: how?
  • Notes.

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