The place of prejudice : a case for reasoning within the world /

Today we associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. So how can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? In this ambitious work, Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, properly understood, is not an unfortunate obstacle to clear thinking...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sandel, Adam Adatto (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Reasoning.
Prejudices.
Ethics
Prejudice
Morale.
Préjugés.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Prejudice reconsidered
  • Case against prejudice
  • Case for situated understanding : Heidegger on being-in-the-world
  • Situated agency : the implication of being-in-the-world for freedom
  • Role of prejudice in the study of history : Gadamer on past and present
  • Role of prejudice in moral judgment : a hermeneutic reading of Aristotle
  • Prejudice and rhetoric.

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