Morality, self-knowledge, and human suffering : an essay on the loss of confidence in the world / Josep E. Corbí
"In this wholly original study, Josep Corbi asks how one should relate to a certain kind of human suffering, namely, the harm that people cause one another. Relying upon real life examples of human suffering--including torture, genocide, and warfare--as opposed to thought experiments, Corbi pro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ;
38. |
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| Summary: | "In this wholly original study, Josep Corbi asks how one should relate to a certain kind of human suffering, namely, the harm that people cause one another. Relying upon real life examples of human suffering--including torture, genocide, and warfare--as opposed to thought experiments, Corbi proposes a novel approach to self-knowledge that runs counter to standard Kantian approaches to morality."--Publisher's website. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136313516 1136313516 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |