John Lach's practical philosophy / / Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series / Central European Value Studies ; 315
• TeilnehmendeR: Skowroński, Krzysztof Piotr.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 315.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxx, 348 pages).

John Lachs (1934-) has been one of the most interesting American philosophers for nearly sixty years. His philosophical, educational, and public activity has been an attempt to show the relevance of philosophy to life. This is the first book dedicated to his thought. International scholars have proposed different themes in Lachs’ philosophy, so as to present its enormous potential. Lachs’ responses to his critics shows that dialogue with his critics is an inspirational activity for both sides. Lachs’ way of philosophizing can be seen as exemplary for those who want to unify and present a clear and understandable articulation of moral and philosophical messages to everyone.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reference -- Prologue -- The Practice of Philosophizing -- Lachs on Transcendence: Art’s Relation to the Life of Reason / Michael Hodges -- Thinking in the World: Expanding the Practical Uses of Philosophy / Kelly A. Parker -- Practical Posthumanism in the Philosophy of John Lachs / Phillip McReynolds -- John Lachs’s Relativism in Philosophical Education as Seen from a Practical Perspective / Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński -- John Lachs, Meaningful Effort, and the Broken World / Charles Padrón -- Philosophical Relationships -- Lachs, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness / Andrew Fiala -- Lachs vs. Santayana / Richard Marc Rubin -- The Unadulterated Joy and the Pressure of Obligations in John Lachs’s Philosophy / Nóra Horváth -- Stoic Pragmatism -- How Stoic is Lachs’s Pentapharmakos? / Daniel Pinkas -- Toward an Ontology for Stoic Pragmatism / Griffin Trotter -- Self-Respect, Positive Power, and Stoic Pragmatism: Rawls, Dewey, and Lachs on Justice and Happiness / Eric Thomas Weber -- ‘Raisins in the Bread of Life’: On the Practical Joys of Lachs’s Stoic Pragmatism / Shannon Sullivan -- Anthropology, Social Ethics, and Bioethics -- The Unlived Life: The Main Nemesis of the Examined Life / Vincent Colapietro -- Are Acts of Institutions Really Fully Analyzable into the Constituent Actions of Human Beings? / Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley -- Mediation and Its Discontents / Michael Brodrick -- Facing Death: Preparing for Dying as a Social Process / Patrick Shade -- John Lachs on Happiness and Individuality / Matthew Caleb Flamm -- Addendum -- Immediacy and the Future / Phil Oliver -- Death and Self-Importance / John Lachs.