Pride and Authenticity
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Beschreibung
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.
Presents the first philosophical text on pride since 1995, allowing readers to achieve a new perspective of understanding pride as a value Explores pride from historical, philosophical and societal perspectives, achieving a global perception of the quality Offers numerous theories and arguments from respected philosophers and critics on the concepts of pride and authenticity, as well as their practical implications in contemporary existance
Autor*in
Ulrich Steinvorth
Themen in »Pride and Authenticity«
self reason free will technology rationality history morality theology unemployment