Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative, Hardcover - Alasdair MacIntyre

Contributor(s): Author: Alasdair MacIntyreAlasdair MacIntyre explores some central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argue...

Ethics in the Conflicts of Modernity: An Essay on Desire, Practical Reasoning, and Narrative - Alasdair MacIntyre

Reducere. MacIntyre explores the central philosophical, political and moral claims of modernity and argues that a proper understanding of human goods require...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PlcAuthor(s): Professor Eckart (University of Tubingen, Germany) GoebelTranslator: James C. WagnerNumber of pages:...

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How developing a more expansive, non-formal conception of reason produces richer ethical understandings of human situations, explored and illustrat...

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Publisher: Cornell University PressAuthor(s): Hayden WhiteNumber of pages: 282Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 21Cover type: Paperback...

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