Meddling: On the Virtue of Leaving Others Alone (American Philosophy) - Softcover

Lachs, John

 
9780253014764: Meddling: On the Virtue of Leaving Others Alone (American Philosophy)
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ISBN 10: 025301476X ISBN 13: 9780253014764
Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2014

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John Lachs claims that we are surrounded by people who seem to know what is good for us better than we do ourselves. Lachs discusses the joy of choice and the rare virtue of leaving others alone to lead their lives as they see fit. He does not mean that we abandon them in their genuine hour of need, but that we aid them on their own terms and not make help conditional upon adopting approved beliefs and behaviors. Lachs believes help needs to be temporary to discourage dependence. He contends that leaving others alone in this fashion will create a community that is caring and responsive to the needs of others. All it takes is an urge not to meddle, even when we think it's for someone else's own good.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Lachs is Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He is author of Stoic Pragmatism (IUP, 2012), A Community of Individuals, and In Love with Life.

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Verlag
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
025301476X
ISBN 13 
9780253014764
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140
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