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A Philosophical Retrospective: Facts, Values, and Jewish Identity
Alan Montefiore
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Description for A Philosophical Retrospective: Facts, Values, and Jewish Identity
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1434.
As a young lecturer in philosophy and the eldest son of a prominent Jewish family, Alan Montefiore faced two very different understandings of his identity: the more traditional view that an identity such as his carried with it, as a matter of given fact, certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view, emphasized by his studies in philosophy, according to which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact--whatever the alleged facts may be--to "judgments of value." According to this second view, individuals must in the end take responsibility for determining their own values and obligations. ... Read more
As a young lecturer in philosophy and the eldest son of a prominent Jewish family, Alan Montefiore faced two very different understandings of his identity: the more traditional view that an identity such as his carried with it, as a matter of given fact, certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view, emphasized by his studies in philosophy, according to which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact--whatever the alleged facts may be--to "judgments of value." According to this second view, individuals must in the end take responsibility for determining their own values and obligations. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Columbia Themes in Philosophy
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231153003
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V9780231153003
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About Alan Montefiore
Alan Montefiore, formerly a fellow and tutor in philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford, is president of the Forum for European Philosophy at the London School of Economics. He has researched and published on a wide variety of topics, including moral and political philosophy, contemporary French philosophy, philosophy of education, and issues of identity and responsibility. He is the author and ... Read more
Reviews for A Philosophical Retrospective: Facts, Values, and Jewish Identity
Alan Montefiore, who taught and influenced some of the most prominent philosophers writing today, was among the first to have realized that so-called 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophy are merely two dramatically different idioms in which the same issues get discussed, at their best, in depth and with rigor. This book on identity brings to bear his subtle and longstanding philosophical ... Read more