Eros and the Good: Wisdom According to Nature
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (542 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591021480 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 363 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Eros and the Good. A very good book!" according to A Customer. Eros and the Good reclaims the traditional approach to philosophy. That is, the author presents a full-scale world view, where he situates the main activities and concerns of human life, including our values and ideals. This was the way of people like Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Hegel, Nietzsche, Dewey, or Sartre; but this way of philosophizing se. Review of Gouinlock's Eros and the Good johnpanton One does not have to agree with Gouinlock to admire his critical approach to the moral life, but one cannot afford to ignore it either and yet hope to see fully the problems that continue to perplex contemporary ethical theories. He has given us a profound and penetrating understanding of human conduct in its widest moral texture. He emerges as a. Valuable Reading Right from the opening sentance, you can tell that this is not the usual book in philosophy. Gouinlock is not out ot make himself popular with his academic colleagues or with the intellectuals to the day. He calls them as he sees them, and this is refreshing. His book restores your faith that philosophy can be humanly significant and exciting. Er
James S. . Gouinlock (Atlanta, GA) is professor emeritus of philosophy at Emory University and the author or editor of six books, including Rediscovering the Moral Life: Philosophy and Human Practice and The Moral Writings of John Dewey
The good life and the meanings of life consist in the recognition and pursuit of values that are already resident in natural experience. This is not a context in which anything goes, for it possesses inherent constraints as well as opportunities. Successful pursuit of them requires teaching, the accumulation of wisdom, and the cultivation of virtue. Gouinlock argues that the only fruitful way to evaluate the norms of social life is to understand them as natural forces, not as arbitrary matters of convention or derivatives of some abstrac
With breadth of learning and reflection, Gouinlock presents a searching examination of the nature of morality and the good life. Whether it be the trained philosopher, or the professional inquirer concerned with the moral life and its presuppositions, or any individual who seeks wisdom about human existence, the reader will find a wealth of challenging and rewarding ideas. Gouinlock affirms that natural discipline and potentialities support human flourishing and happiness, but we must develop the virtues appropriate to them.