Where does our conscience come from, and how reliable is it? Exploring its deep historical roots, Paul Strohm considers what conscience has meant to successive generations. Using examples from popular culture and contemporary politics he demonstrates that conscience is as important today as it ever has been. INDICE: 1: Encountering conscience; 2: Christian conscience; 3: The secularization of conscience; 4: Three critics of conscience: Dostoevsky, Nietzsche,Freud; 5: Is conscience a civil right?; 6: The prospects for conscience
- ISBN: 978-0-19-956969-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 144
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés