| Kindness and the Good Society: Connections of the Heart Contributor(s): Hamrick, William S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791452654 ISBN-13: 9780791452653 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology |
| Dewey: 177.7 |
| LCCN: 2001049516 |
| Series: Suny the Philosophy of the Social Sciences |
| Physical Information: (1.24 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kindness and the Good Society utilizes phenomenology and a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional sources to provide the first comprehensive account of kindness in any genre of philosophy. Remarkably rich in descriptive detail and drawing upon a wide range of examples, including literary sources, current affairs, and traditional philosophical texts, Hamrick's book rescues kindness from the purposeful neglect of deontological and utilitarian ethical theories. Beginning with an account of the personal and social areas of ethical and moral comportment, Hamrick addresses what is not intuitively obvious about kindness and its opposite, details a critical kindness that avoids both naivet as well as popular cynicism, and guides us toward a new notion of aesthetic humanism. |