The morality of everyday life : rediscovering an ancient alternative to the liberal tradition /
Fleming, Thomas, 1945-
The morality of everyday life : rediscovering an ancient alternative to the liberal tradition / Thomas Fleming. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2004. - 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.
Hell and other people -- Citizens of the world -- Too much reality -- Growing up un-absurd -- Problems of perspective -- The myth of individualism -- Goodbye, old rights of man.
Offers an alternative to the enlightened liberalism espoused by thinkers as different as Kant, Mill, Rand and Rawls. Fleming advocated a return to premodern traditions, such as those in the texts of Aristotle, the Talmud, and the folk wisdom in ancient Greek literature, for a solution to ethical predicaments.
0826215092 (alk. paper) 9780826215093 (alk. paper) 9780826217677 (pbk.) 0826217672 (pbk.)
2003023962
BA440210 GBA4-Y7001
Ethics.
Morale.
BJ 1031 / .F576 2004
The morality of everyday life : rediscovering an ancient alternative to the liberal tradition / Thomas Fleming. - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2004. - 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.
Hell and other people -- Citizens of the world -- Too much reality -- Growing up un-absurd -- Problems of perspective -- The myth of individualism -- Goodbye, old rights of man.
Offers an alternative to the enlightened liberalism espoused by thinkers as different as Kant, Mill, Rand and Rawls. Fleming advocated a return to premodern traditions, such as those in the texts of Aristotle, the Talmud, and the folk wisdom in ancient Greek literature, for a solution to ethical predicaments.
0826215092 (alk. paper) 9780826215093 (alk. paper) 9780826217677 (pbk.) 0826217672 (pbk.)
2003023962
BA440210 GBA4-Y7001
Ethics.
Morale.
BJ 1031 / .F576 2004