Mary Midgley

The Ethical Primate

Humans, Freedom and Morality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In The Ethical Primate, Mary Midgley, 'one of the sharpest critical pens in the West' (TLS), addresses the fundamental question of human freedom.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9780415132244
• ISBN-10: 041513224X
• Artikelnr.: 21553702

Autorenporträt

Mary Midgley (1919-2018) was one of the most renowned moral philosophers of her generation and the author of many books, including Beast and Man, Wickedness and The Myths We Live By. She has taken part in many broadcast events, including The Moral Maze and Woman's Hour.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I - Introductory 1. Inner Divisions 2. Misguided Debates Part II - The
Reductive Enterprise 3. Guiding Visions 4. Hopes of Simplicity 5. Crusades,
Legitimate and Otherwise 6. Convergent Explanations and their Uses 7.
Troubles of the Linear Pattern 8. Fatalism and Predictability Part III -
The Sources and Meaning of Morals 9. Agency and Ethics 10. Modern Myths 11.
The Strength of Individualism 12. The Retreat from the Natural World 13.
How Far does Sociability Take Us? 14. The Uses of Sympathy Part IV - What
Kind of Freedom? 15. On Being Terrestrial 16. What Beings are Free 17.
Minds Resist Streamlining