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- catalog abstract ""This book aims to change how we think about good lives. The perennial debates about good lives - the disagreements caused by conflicts among scientific, religious, moral, historical, aesthetic, and subjective modes of reflection - typically end in an impasse. This leaves the underlying problems of the meaning of life, the possibility of free action, the place of morality in good lives, the art of life, and human self-understanding as intractable as they have ever been." "The way out of this impasse, argues Kekes, is to abandon the assumption shared by the contending parties that the solutions of these problems can be rational only if they apply universally to all lives in all contexts. He believes that solutions may vary with lives and contexts and still be rational. Kekes defends a pluralistic alternative to absolutism and relativism that will, he holds, take philosophy in a new and more productive direction."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11901807.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This book aims to change how we think about good lives. The perennial debates about good lives - the disagreements caused by conflicts among scientific, religious, moral, historical, aesthetic, and subjective modes of reflection - typically end in an impasse. This leaves the underlying problems of the meaning of life, the possibility of free action, the place of morality in good lives, the art of life, and human self-understanding as intractable as they have ever been." "The way out of this impasse, argues Kekes, is to abandon the assumption shared by the contending parties that the solutions of these problems can be rational only if they apply universally to all lives in all contexts. He believes that solutions may vary with lives and contexts and still be rational. Kekes defends a pluralistic alternative to absolutism and relativism that will, he holds, take philosophy in a new and more productive direction."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : At a turning point -- Everyday life -- Modes of reflection -- Philosophical problems -- The pluralistic approach -- The meaning of life -- The possibility of free action -- The place of morality in good lives -- The art of life -- The nature of human self-understanding -- Conclusion : The human world.".
- catalog extent "ix, 225 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0801438055 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog subject "147/.4 21".
- catalog subject "BD435 .K37 2000".
- catalog subject "Life.".
- catalog subject "Pluralism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : At a turning point -- Everyday life -- Modes of reflection -- Philosophical problems -- The pluralistic approach -- The meaning of life -- The possibility of free action -- The place of morality in good lives -- The art of life -- The nature of human self-understanding -- Conclusion : The human world.".
- catalog title "Pluralism in philosophy : changing the subject / John Kekes.".
- catalog type "text".