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On Human Nature
Roger Scruton
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Description for On Human Nature
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 204 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential relation with other persons, and bound to them by obligations and rights. Our world is a shared world, exhibiting freedom, value, and accountability, and to understand ... Read more
A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential relation with other persons, and bound to them by obligations and rights. Our world is a shared world, exhibiting freedom, value, and accountability, and to understand ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
240g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691168753
SKU
V9780691168753
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99-43
About Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton is a writer and philosopher. His many books include The Soul of the World and The Aesthetics of Architecture (both Princeton), as well as A Short History of Modern Philosophy; Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left; and The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung. He lives in Wiltshire, ... Read more
Reviews for On Human Nature
[F]inely written, compactly argued.
James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review Roger Scruton's On Human Nature ... gives a brief, poetic account of a way of thinking about ourselves that many of us, especially with a background in the humanities, will find congenial.
Adam Zeman, Standpoint On Human Nature is a tour de force of a rare kind. ... Read more
James Ryerson, New York Times Book Review Roger Scruton's On Human Nature ... gives a brief, poetic account of a way of thinking about ourselves that many of us, especially with a background in the humanities, will find congenial.
Adam Zeman, Standpoint On Human Nature is a tour de force of a rare kind. ... Read more