| Author |
Kekes, John.
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| Subject |
Life.
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Meaning (Philosophy)
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| Alt Name |
Kekes, John.
Enjoyment.
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Kekes, John.
Roots of evil.
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| Alternate Title |
Ratio 22.
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| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 272 pages) |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Access |
Available to OhioLINK libraries. |
| Note |
"Chapter I was published as "The Human World" in Ratio 22 (2009): I37-56. Chapter 5 is a substantial revision of Chapter 6 in Enjoyment: The Moral Significance of Styles of Life (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2008). Chapter 7 includes parts of Chapter 13 in The Roots of Evil (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2005)"--Acknowledgements. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-269) and index. |
| Summary |
John Kekes offers a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. He defends a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism & gloomy pessimism. While acknowledging that the scheme of things is indifferent to our fortunes, he shows that we do have the resources to improve our lives. |
| Contents |
The question -- Increasing control -- Correcting attitudes -- Aiming at well-being -- Dimensions of value -- The human dimension and evil -- Responsibility for evil -- The cultural dimension and disenchantment -- The personal dimension and boredom -- Secular hope. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| ISBN |
9780191585159 (electronic bk.) |
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0191585157 (electronic bk.) |
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9780191595448 (ebook) |
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0191595446 (ebook) |
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9780199588886 (Cloth) |
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0199588880 (Cloth) |
| ISBN/ISSN |
9786612661204 |
| OCLC # |
650279580 |
| Additional Format |
Print version: Kekes, John. Human condition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010 9780199588886 (OCoLC)587229742 |
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