Human Nature: A Reader
A Reader
Published on 1. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-60384-745-2 (ISBN)
Description
This anthology provides a set of distinctive, influential views that explore the mysteries of human nature from a variety of perspectives. It can be read on its own, or in conjunction with Joel Kupperman's text, Theories of Human Nature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA
United States
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
284 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60384-745-2 (9781603847452)
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Person
Joel J. Kupperman is Professor of Philosophy, University of Connecticut. Among his many publications are Theories of Human Nature, Six Myths about the Good Life: Thinking about What Has Value, and Classic Asian Philosophy:?A Guide to the Essential Texts.
Content
Introduction; Indian Philosophy: The Upanishads & Buddha Katha Upanishad; The Buddhist Dhamapada; Confucius Analects; Plato & Aristotle, & Freudian Echoes of Plato Republic; Nicomachean Ethics; The Ego & the Id; Mengzi & Xunzi: The Capacity for True Benevolence; Human Imperfection in the Judeo-Christian Tradition: From Adam to St. Augustine; The King James Bible; Confessions; Hobbes Leviathan; Butler & Hume: Inherent Tendencies toward Altruism Sermon I; A Treatise of Human Nature; Book III: Of Morals; Kant: The Need for Reason to Dominate Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals; Marx & Alienation: Our Flawed Participation in Life Alienated Labor; The Communist Manifesto; Sartre & Kierkegaard: Radical Incompleteness as the Human Lot Being & Nothingness; The Sickness unto Death.