Description: Person, Polis, Planet Please note: this item is printed on demand and will take extra time before it can be dispatched to you (up to 20 working days). Essays in Applied Philosophy Author(s): David Schmidtz Format: Paperback Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc ISBN-13: 9780199861705, 978-0199861705 Synopsis "Schmidtz's central question - what counts as a life well lived?' - is as near as may be the same as Plato's: 'for our inquiry is not about some chance matter but about how we should live our lives' (Republic 344e). Here, then, is a prime example of how to continue 'the conversation that Plato began'... an altogether satisfying, rewarding, and above all, challenging read." - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Part of what ties the essays together and makes the whole more than the sum of its parts is the fact that almost all of the pieces, in one way or another, address the question of what counts as a well-lived human life. Perhaps more important, they are united by a distinctive and attractive methodological approach, one that combines the high degree of analytical clarity and rigor that one would expect from a first-rate philosopher with a kind of commonsense wisdom that is not always so common, an attention to empirical detail that goes well beyond the use of examples as mere illustrations, and a refreshingly humanistic concern with life as it is lived by people as they actually are... Those who are already familiar with Schmidtz's body of work will welcome Person, Polis, Planet as a worthy brief of his accomplishments over the last fifteen years or so. And for those who have not yet discovered Schmidtz, the collection will provide a superb introduction to his work and will likely prompt readers to seek out more of his writing." -Ethics
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Book Title: Person, Polis, Planet
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Person, Polis, Planet: Essays in Applied Philosophy
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Item Height: 234 mm
Subject: Law, Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 396 g
Author: David Schmidtz
Item Width: 157 mm
Format: Paperback
