Kindness and the good society : connections of the heart /

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Author / Creator:	Hamrick, William S.
Imprint:	Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 318 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences.
Subject:	Kindness. Kindness. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11127246

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ISBN:	0585476225 9780585476223 0791452654 9780791452653 0791452662 9780791452660 9780791489147 0791489140
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-310) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	"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 naivete as well as popular cynicism, and guides us toward a new notion of aesthetic humanism."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Hamrick, William S. Kindness and the good society. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002 0791452654 0791452662

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