Author : Andrea Radasanu
Release : 2015-03-18
Genre : Political Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 172/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Search of Humanity by : Andrea Radasanu
Download or read book In Search of Humanity written by Andrea Radasanu. This book was released on 2015-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more prominent other-regarding virtues like justice and generosity, humanity and later compassion become the true north of the modern moral compass. Contributors to this volume consider various aspects of this virtue, by comparison with what came before and with attention to its development from early to late modernity, and up to the present.