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Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants: An Introduction to Ethics
Ruwen Ogien
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Description for Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants: An Introduction to Ethics
Hardback. Translation of: L'influence de l'odeur des croissants chauds sur la bontae humaine. Translator(s): Thom, Martin. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants makes philosophy fun, tactile, and popular. Moral thinking is simple, Ruwen Ogien argues, and as inherent as the senses. In our daily experiences, in the situations we confront and in the scenes we witness, we develop an understanding of right and wrong as sophisticated as the moral outlook of the world's most gifted philosophers. By drawing on this knowledge to navigate life's most perplexing problems, ethics becomes second nature. Ogien explores, through experimental philosophy and other methods, the responses nineteen real-world conundrums provoke. Is a short, mediocre life better than no ... Read more
Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants makes philosophy fun, tactile, and popular. Moral thinking is simple, Ruwen Ogien argues, and as inherent as the senses. In our daily experiences, in the situations we confront and in the scenes we witness, we develop an understanding of right and wrong as sophisticated as the moral outlook of the world's most gifted philosophers. By drawing on this knowledge to navigate life's most perplexing problems, ethics becomes second nature. Ogien explores, through experimental philosophy and other methods, the responses nineteen real-world conundrums provoke. Is a short, mediocre life better than no ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231169226
SKU
V9780231169226
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About Ruwen Ogien
Ruwen Ogien holds doctorates in both philosophy and social anthropology. He is a director of research in moral philosophy at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and sits on the editorial board of the review Raison Publique. His most recent works include Le corps et l'argent and La vie, la mort, l'etat: Le debat bioethique. Martin Thom was ... Read more
Reviews for Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants: An Introduction to Ethics
Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants is Ruwen Ogien at his very best. The book's richness lies in Ogien's endeavor to do philosophy from the reality of lived experience rather than the kind of imaginary reflection that is characteristic of so much of philosophy.
Laurence Thomas, Syracuse University A lucid translation of a wide-ranging intellectual foray. Booklist ... Read more
Laurence Thomas, Syracuse University A lucid translation of a wide-ranging intellectual foray. Booklist ... Read more