Small Comforts for Hard Times : : Humanists on Public Policy / / Florian Stuber, Michael Mooney.
Presents twenty-five papers written by different professionals from historians, philosophers, legal experts, political scientists, civil engineers to examine the aesthetics of technology and science.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1977] ©1977 |
Year of Publication: | 1977 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Foreword -- Introduction / Justice and Human Equality -- 1. Justice-Compensatory and Distributive / 2. Equality, Race, and Preferential Treatment / 3. The Costs of Equality / 4. The Costs of Inequality: In Response to Robert A. Nisbet / 5. Justice, Equality, and the Economic System / 6. Equality and Fraternity: A Note on Subjective Realities / Private Rights and the Public Good -- 7. Private Rights and the Public Good / 8. Public Rights and Private Interests: In Response to Charles Frankel / 9. On Privacy and Community / 10. Do Rocks Have Rights? Thoughts on Environmental Ethics / Technology and the Ideal of Human Progress -- 11. Living with Scarcity / 12. The Technology of Life and Death / 13. Biomedical Progress and the Limits of Human Health / 14. Technology and the Structuring of Cities / 15. The Aesthetics of Technology: In Response to David P. Billington / War and the Social Order -- 16. On National Frontiers: Ethnic Homogeneity and Pluralism / 17. The Lower Middle Class as Historical Problem / 18. Reflections on War, Utopias, and Temporary Systems / Education and the Good Society -- 19. The University and American Society / 20. The University, Society, and the Critical Temper: In Response to George W. Pierson / 21. Some Questions in General Education Today / 22. Some Inconsistent Educational Aims / 23. The Disestablished Humanities / 24. A View from the Ivory Tower: In Response to Rosemary Park / The Humanities and Public Policy -- 25. A Philosophic Perspective / Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | Presents twenty-five papers written by different professionals from historians, philosophers, legal experts, political scientists, civil engineers to examine the aesthetics of technology and science. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231890656 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/moon92826 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Florian Stuber, Michael Mooney. |