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Philosopher John Lachs observes that humans today live lives of comfort but also sees that these comfortable lives come at a cost: our increasing unhappiness. In The Cost of Comfort, Lachs contemplates what humans need in order to live fulfilled lives in today's world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lachs, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2019.
Colección:American philosophy.
Temas:
Alienation (Social psychology)
Social structure.
Influence (Psychology)
Human comfort.
Mediation.
Aliénation (Psychologie sociale)
Structure sociale.
Influence (Psychologie)
Bien-être.
Médiation.
social structure.
mediation.
comfort (sensation)
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Pragmatism.
Experience
Human comfort
Mediation
Social structure
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Comfort; 2. Discomfort; 3. A Broken and an Integrated World; 4. Complete and Dismembered Actions; 5. Mediation; 6. Philosophical Excursion: Hegel and Peirce on Mediation; 7. Six Consequences of Mediation; 8. (A) Passivity; 9. (B) Impotence; 10. (C) Ignorance; 11. (D) Manipulation; 12. (E) Psychic Distance; 13. (F) Irresponsibility; 14. Major Mediators: Tools; 15. Major Mediators: Language; 16. Major Mediators: Ideology; 17. Major Mediators: Institutions; 18. Major Mediators: Government; 19. Mediated Immediacies; 20. Eliminate Mediation?
  • 21. Ineffective Ways of Dealing with Mediation22. Preexisting Values; 23. Advertising; 24. Openness; 25. Transparency; 26. Education; 27. The Power of Immediacy; 28. Immediacy and Politics; 29. New Rules of Responsibility; Conclusion; About the Author

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