A community of individuals

by Lachs, John

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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Full title :A community of individuals / John Lachs.

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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2003.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2003.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781134728169, 1134728166, 9781315880976, 1315880970, 1134728239, 9781134728237
DOI:10.4324/9781315880976
oclc:ocn879454122
LC Classification:HM756
Dewey Decimal:361.8

Intellectuals and courage -- Reflections on philosophy -- Teaching as a calling -- Education in the twenty-first century -- What humans did not make -- Valuational species -- Improving life -- Transcendence in philosophy and everyday life -- The vague hope of immortality -- Both better off and better : moral progress amid continuing carnage -- The significance of purposes for bioethics -- Grand dreams of perfect people -- Researchers and their subjects as neighbors -- Dying old as a social problem -- The insignificance of individuals -- Santayana as pragmatist -- Neoplatonic elements in the spiritual life -- Peirce : inquiry as social life -- Peirce and Santayana on purposes -- Metaphysics and the social construction of human nature.

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Communauté -- Philosophie Communities -- Philosophy Gesellschaft individualism Individuum Philosophie Philosophie américaine Philosophy, American POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services USA