Adorno's practical philosophy

Adorno's practical philosophy: living less wrongly

by Freyenhagen, Fabian

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A unique exploration of Adorno's ethics, defending his challenging views about how to live in an evil world.

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  • Full title :Adorno's practical philosophy : living less wrongly.

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A unique exploration of Adorno's ethics, defending his challenging views about how to live in an evil world.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (304 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781107248007, 1107248000, 1299772676, 9781299772670, 1107036542, 9781107036543, 9781139567763, 1139567764, 9781107543027, 1107543029
  • oclc:ocn857364941
  • LC Classification:B3199.A34 F74 2013
  • Dewey Decimal:193

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The whole is untrue; I Auschwitz, radical evil, and failed culture; II The whole is untrue 1 (modern society); III The whole is untrue 2 (modern thought forms); IV Conclusion; 2 No right living; I 'Refuge for the homeless': a summary; II The antinomical structure of our lives; III False consciousness and guilt context; IV 'Life does not live'; V Living less wrongly; VI No golden past and insufficient material progress; VII Exceptions to the rule?; 3 Social determination and negative freedom; I Beholden to (social) externality.

II Freedom is historicalIII The (political) quest for freedom; IV The negative freedom to resist unfreedom; V A crisis in moral practice; VI To punish or not to punish: an objective antagonism; 4 Adorno's critique of moral philosophy; I Adorno's critique of Kant's moral philosophy; I.1 Moral worth, repression, and happiness; I.2 Pure egos, consequences, and The Wild Duck; I.3 Adorno's Empty Formalism Objection; I.4 Adorno's critique of the fact of reason; II Adorno's critique of non-Kantian moral philosophy; II. 1 Hostage to existing reality: critique of the ethics of responsibility.

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