John Kekes offers a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. He defends a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism and gloomy pessimism. While acknowledging that the scheme of things is indifferent to our fortunes, he shows that we do have the resources to improve our lives. INDICE: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1: THE QUESTION; 2: INCREASING CONTROL; 3: CORRECTING ATTITUDES; 4: AIMING AT WELL-BEING; 5: DIMENSIONS OF VALUE; 6: THE HUMAN DIMENSION AND EVIL; 7: RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVIL; 8: THE CULTURAL DIMENSION AND DISENCHANTMENT; 9: THE PERSONAL DIMENSION AND BOREDOM; 10: SECULAR HOPE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; WORKS CITED
- ISBN: 978-0-19-958888-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés