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- catalog abstract "Conventional wisdom and commonsense morality tend to take the integrity of persons for granted. But for people in systematically unjust societies, self-respect and human dignity may prove to be impossible dreams. Susan Babbitt explores the implications of this insight, arguing that in the face of systemic injustice, individual and social rationality may require the transformation rather than the realization of deep-seated aims, interests, and values. In particular, under such conditions, she argues, the cultivation and ongoing exercise of moral imagination is necessary to discover and defend a more humane social vision. Impossible Dreams is one of those books that combines discourses that were previously largely separate: feminist and antiracist political theory, analytic ethics and philosophy of mind, and a wide range of non-philosophical literature on the lives of oppressed peoples around the world.".
- catalog contributor b9126372.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "Conventional wisdom and commonsense morality tend to take the integrity of persons for granted. But for people in systematically unjust societies, self-respect and human dignity may prove to be impossible dreams. Susan Babbitt explores the implications of this insight, arguing that in the face of systemic injustice, individual and social rationality may require the transformation rather than the realization of deep-seated aims, interests, and values. In particular, under such conditions, she argues, the cultivation and ongoing exercise of moral imagination is necessary to discover and defend a more humane social vision. Impossible Dreams is one of those books that combines discourses that were previously largely separate: feminist and antiracist political theory, analytic ethics and philosophy of mind, and a wide range of non-philosophical literature on the lives of oppressed peoples around the world.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Myths, fantasies, and realism : the story of Sethe -- Transformation experiences and rational deliberation -- Objective interests, nonpropositional knowledge, and conversion experiences -- Leading life from the inside : individuals, minority rights, and some problems about indeterminacy -- Personal integrity, politics, and moral imagination -- Feminists and nature : a defense of essentialism -- Reason and the erotic : the moral significance of personal relations and commitments -- Philosophy and literature : recalling the archangel.".
- catalog extent "xii, 242 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Impossible dreams.".
- catalog identifier "0813326397 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0813326400 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Impossible dreams.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, CO : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Impossible dreams.".
- catalog subject "170 20".
- catalog subject "BJ1533.I58 B32 1996".
- catalog subject "Ethics.".
- catalog subject "Feminist theory.".
- catalog subject "Imagination (Philosophy)".
- catalog subject "Imagination.".
- catalog subject "Integrity.".
- catalog subject "Reason.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Myths, fantasies, and realism : the story of Sethe -- Transformation experiences and rational deliberation -- Objective interests, nonpropositional knowledge, and conversion experiences -- Leading life from the inside : individuals, minority rights, and some problems about indeterminacy -- Personal integrity, politics, and moral imagination -- Feminists and nature : a defense of essentialism -- Reason and the erotic : the moral significance of personal relations and commitments -- Philosophy and literature : recalling the archangel.".
- catalog title "Impossible dreams : rationality, integrity, and moral imagination / Susan E. Babbitt.".
- catalog type "text".