ISBN: 9780691155883 - a world without why (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new, with some shelf/edgewear. Previous owner writing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Princeton University Press, 2014. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

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Zustand: New. Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. This title ranges over such topics as the concepts of intelligibility, authority, democracy, and criticism; the place of theology in ethics; tragedy and comedy; and the struggle between realism and our search for meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 448. . 2014. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Zustand: New. Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. This title ranges over such topics as the concepts of intelligibility, authority, democracy, and criticism the place of theology in ethics t.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many influential ethical views depend on the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances to the contrary, the human and natural world in which we live could, eventually, be made to make sense to us. In A World without Why, Raymond Geuss challenges this assumption. Characterized by Geuss's wide-ranging interests in literature, philosophy, and history, and by his political commitment and trenchant style, A World without Why raises fundamental questions about the viability not just of specific ethical concepts and theses, but of our most basic assumptions about what ethics could and must be.…