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The Tasks of Philosophy: Volume 1: Selected Essays

By Alasdair MacIntyre

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0521670616, 9780521670616, 0521854377, 9780521854375, 9780511169144
LCC
B63 .M33 2006
Open Library ID
OL22650808M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
783 kB (801373 bytes)
Pages
248\246
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

How should we respond when some of our basic beliefs are put into question? What makes a human body distinctively human? Why is truth an important good? These are among the questions explored in this collection of essays by Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most creative and influential philosophers working today. Ten of MacIntyre's most influential essays written over almost thirty years are collected together here for the first time. They range over such topics as the issues raised by different types of relativism, what it is about human beings that cannot be understood by the natural sciences, the relationship between the ends of life and the ends of philosophical writing, and the relationship of moral philosophy to contemporary social practice. They will appeal to a wide range of readers across philosophy and especially in moral philosophy, political philosophy, and theology.

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