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Sympathy: A Philosophical Analysis (Swansea Studies in Philosophy)
Craig Taylor
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Hardcover. This text argues that sympathy, understood as an immediate and unthinking response to another's suffering, plays a constitutive role in our conception of what it is to be human, and specifically in that conception of human life on which anything we might call a moral life depends. Series: Swansea Studies in Philosophy. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
It is widely held in contemporary moral philosophy that moral agency must be explained in terms of some more basic account of human nature. This book presents a fundamental challenge to this view. Specifically, it argues that sympathy, understood as an immediate and unthinking response to another's suffering, plays a constitutive role in our conception of what it is to be human, and specifically in that conception of human life on which anything we might call a moral life depends.
It is widely held in contemporary moral philosophy that moral agency must be explained in terms of some more basic account of human nature. This book presents a fundamental challenge to this view. Specifically, it argues that sympathy, understood as an immediate and unthinking response to another's suffering, plays a constitutive role in our conception of what it is to be human, and specifically in that conception of human life on which anything we might call a moral life depends.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Swansea Studies in Philosophy
Number of Pages
155
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333987940
SKU
V9780333987940
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About Craig Taylor
CRAIG TAYLOR is Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. He has contributed a number of articles to learned publications.
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