Rational Man : A Modern Interpretation of Aristotelian Ethics / / Henry B. Veatch.
"God is dead," proclaimed Nietzsche; meaning that neither nature nor the supernatural can provide any solid ground on which to base rules or standards of human conduct. To this dictum, which is consciously or unconsciously accepted by many people today, the author of this book takes strong...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, [1962] ©[1962] |
| Year of Publication: | 1962 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource 226 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- In quest of ethical knowledge
- The examined life: back to Socrates and Aristotle
- Why not regard morals and ethics as simply an art of living?
- Why morals and ethics are not simply an art of living
- Failure and unhappiness: are they our own responsibility?
- Bad luck and the force of circumstances as the causes of failure
- But what if God is dead?
- Existentialism and the claims of irrational man.