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Pride and Authenticity
Ulrich Steinvorth
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Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPQ; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
This book explores the morality of pride, a value that has been condemned through history and is still largely unwelcome in many societies. The author explores the nature of the self and free will, and how pride links to technology and rational theology. It refers to the work of Lionel Trilling, Allan Bloom, Charles Taylor and Heidegger on authenticity; Jacob Burckhardt, Stephen Toulmin, Max Weber and Mark Lilla on modernity; Christine Korsgaard on the self; John Rawls and Ruth Benedict on morality; and the Stoics and Kant on free will.
This book explores the morality of pride, a value that has been condemned through history and is still largely unwelcome in many societies. The author explores the nature of the self and free will, and how pride links to technology and rational theology. It refers to the work of Lionel Trilling, Allan Bloom, Charles Taylor and Heidegger on authenticity; Jacob Burckhardt, Stephen Toulmin, Max Weber and Mark Lilla on modernity; Christine Korsgaard on the self; John Rawls and Ruth Benedict on morality; and the Stoics and Kant on free will.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319341163
SKU
V9783319341163
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Ref
99-15
About Ulrich Steinvorth
Ulrich Steinvorth is a Professor Emeritus of the University of Hamburg, Germany, and lives in the United States. He has published books and papers in German, English and French, in political philosophy, ethics, and metaphysics. He has taught philosophy at universities in Germany, France, Turkey and Japan.
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