| In Search of Humanity: Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin Contributor(s): Radasanu, Andrea (Editor), Balot, Ryan K. (Contribution by), Burns, Timothy W. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0739184164 ISBN-13: 9780739184165 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $194.04 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Ancient - Greece - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 320.01 |
| LCCN: 2014046839 |
| Physical Information: 1.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (2.10 lbs) 562 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
