Kenneth Lonergan: Filmmaker and Philosopher, May Todd

Автор: May, Todd
Название: Death
ISBN: 1844651649 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844651641
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Цена: 40820.00 T
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Описание: Shows how we might think about and, more importantly, live our lives in view of the inescapability of our dying. This book considers the possibility that our mortal deaths are the end of us, and asks what this might mean for our living.

Автор: May Todd
Название: A Decent Life: Morality for the Rest of Us
ISBN: 022660974X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226609744
Издательство: Wiley
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Цена: 23230.00 T
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Описание: You're probably never going to be a saint. Even so, let's face it: you could be a better person. We all could. But what does that mean for you?

In a world full of suffering and deprivation, it's easy to despair--and it's also easy to judge ourselves for not doing more. Even if we gave away everything we own and devoted ourselves to good works, it wouldn't solve all the world's problems. It would make them better, though. So is that what we have to do? Is anything less a moral failure? Can we lead a fundamentally decent life without taking such drastic steps?

Todd May has answers. He's not the sort of philosopher who tells us we have to be model citizens who display perfect ethics in every decision we make. He's realistic: he understands that living up to ideals is a constant struggle. In A Decent Life, May leads readers through the traditional philosophical bases of a number of arguments about what ethics asks of us, then he develops a more reasonable and achievable way of thinking about them, one that shows us how we can use philosophical insights to participate in the complicated world around us. He explores how we should approach the many relationships in our lives--with friends, family, animals, people in need--through the use of a more forgiving, if no less fundamentally serious, moral compass. With humor, insight, and a lively and accessible style, May opens a discussion about how we can, realistically, lead the good life that we aspire to.

A philosophy of goodness that leaves it all but unattainable is ultimately self-defeating. Instead, Todd May stands at the forefront of a new wave of philosophy that sensibly reframes our morals and redefines what it means to live a decent life.

Автор: May Todd
Название: Friendship in an Age of Economics: Resisting the Forces of Neoliberalism
ISBN: 0739192841 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739192849
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Цена: 44550.00 T
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Описание: Friendship in an Age of Economics is the first book not only to detail the relationships neoliberalism encourages us to have, but also to see how friendship can provide a bulwark of resistance to them. Written in an engaging style, it will be understandable to political theorists, philosophers, social scientists, and cultural theorists.