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aging and society
American pragmatism
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Animal Care
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Better Life
bioethics research
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Chronic
Classical American Philosophy
Conferred
De Scription
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eternal
Ethereal Song
Face To Face
faith
Final Light
Follow
Human Suffering
Individuated Particularity
infinite
Infinite Inquiry
inquiry
Interested Beings
intuitions
Lamentable Error
metaphysics of community
moral philosophy
Natural Lottery
Painful Vigilance
philosophical perspectives on individuality
philosophy of education
pure
Pure Intuitions
santayana's
Santayana's Views
scepticism
Scepticism And Animal Faith
Species Typical Function
Timeless
Total Constructivism
Unlimited
views
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415941723
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Dec 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Drawing on the spirit of classical American Philosophy, A Community of Individuals is an original, highly engaging, and important philosophical exploration of pressing personal and social problems. With clear, compelling, spirited writing, Lachs tackles a wide range of topics from the responsibility of educators and the role of education to the problems of aging and the desire for immortality, from genetic engineering and biomedical research to genocide and moral progress. The work also includes new, significant discussion of major American thinkers. The common theme running through the book is the complex relationships between individuality and community, and how we might think through their competing demands to live better lives.
John Lachs is Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He has been President of the Society of the Advancement of American Philosophy, the C.S. Peirce Society, and the Metaphysical Society of America, and served on the national board of the American Philosophical Association. Lachs has written numerous books on a wide range of philosophical topics, including recently In Love with Life(1998).
