Against authenticity

Against authenticity: why you shouldn't be yourself

by Feldman, Simon

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Simon Feldman explores how the concept of authenticity has become an unrealistic ideal founded on metaphysically confused notions of the self. In <span style=""font-style:italic;"">Against Authenticity, Feldman argues for the validity and value of inauthenticity in our lives, providing an exciting challenge for studies of ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and moral psychology. <br />

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Against authenticity : why you shouldn't be yourself / Simon Feldman.

Summary

Simon Feldman explores how the concept of authenticity has become an unrealistic ideal founded on metaphysically confused notions of the self. In <span style=""font-style:italic;"">Against Authenticity, Feldman argues for the validity and value of inauthenticity in our lives, providing an exciting challenge for studies of ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and moral psychology. <br />

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Lexington Books
  • Place of Publication:Lanham [MD]
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (vii, 207 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780739182017, 0739182013, 9780739182017
  • oclc:ocn898476960
  • LC Classification:BD450
  • Dewey Decimal:170

Table of Contents

The wellbeing account of the ideal of authenticity -- The rationality account of the ideal of authenticity -- The moral account of the ideal of authenticity -- Bad advice: action-guiding rules and the nature of normative failure -- Ethics without authenticity: looking outward not inches.

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