ENGLISH

A New Stoicism

By Lawrence C. Becker

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0691009643, 9780691009643, 0691016607, 9780691016603, 9781400810963
LCC
BJ1031 .B439 1998
Google Books ID
e7OsQgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL669962M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1289791 bytes)
Pages
226\226
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-06-26 00:49:36

Description

This is a rare, great book, one of the few works in ethics in who knows how long that actually takes ethics in the right direction. Becker is committed to a fully naturalistic account of ethics that takes full advantage of all scientific info he can pull together (in psychology, biology, etc.) -- this is how he construes the stoic maxim to 'follow nature', and I could not agree with him more. Though he does go off track in a few places, and though his arguments can be a little weak sometimes (ie, for the importance of reciprocity and benevolence), those criticisms can be made of just about anything. Overall, an exciting, fascinating read that had me, for the first time since I can remember, actually believing that ethics was being pointed in the right direction and being placed, finally, on a solid footing. This work deserves a great deal more praise and fame than it has received.

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