Living Without Philosophy: On Narrative, Rhetoric, and MoralitySUNY Press, 1 sty 1998 - 292 Living Without Philosophy argues that we do not need ethical theories, rules, and principles to decide what is right. Instead, particular cases can be judged by a detailed description of the relevant circumstances. When our judgments differ, we can decide how to act by deliberating under fair conditions. The author provides both a philosophical argument for this position and readings of literary texts in which moral theorists are portrayed as concrete characters. These works include Plato's Protagoras, selections from the Gospels and Dante, Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, the debate between Erasmus and Luther, Erasmus's Praise of Folly, Shakespeare's King Lear, Nabokov's Lolita, and Martin Luther King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Thus, Levine offers essentially a moral argument for the humanities, discussing the implications not only for ethics, but also for theology, law, politics, and education. |
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Spis treści
Moral Judgment | 13 |
Agreement | 59 |
A Philosopher Encounters a Humanist | 83 |
Instructive Tragedy Ancient and Modern | 123 |
Religion versus Theology | 145 |
Humanists and Scholastics in the Renaissance | 179 |
The Wise Fool | 205 |
The Beloved Community | 237 |
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Living Without Philosophy: On Narrative, Rhetoric, and Morality Peter Levine Ograniczony podgląd - 1998 |
Living Without Philosophy: On Narrative, Rhetoric, and Morality Peter Levine Ograniczony podgląd - 1998 |
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