Good and evil : an absolute conception /

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Author / Creator:Gaita, Raimond, 1946-
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:English
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12010883
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ISBN:0203489128
9780203489123
0415332893
Notes:Previous edition: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:In Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, Raimond Gaita draws moral philosophy away from the academic study of ethics and considers instead how real people actually talk and feel about morality, using good and evil as examples.
Other form:Print version: Gaita, Raimond, 1946- Good and evil. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004 0415332885 0415332893
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Raimond Gaita's Good and Evil is one of the most important, original and provocative books on the nature of morality to have been published in recent years.nbsp;Itnbsp;is essential reading for anyone interested in what it means to talk about good and evil. Gaita argues that questions about morality are inseparable from the preciousness of each human being, an issue we can only address if we place the idea of remorse at the centre of moral life. Drawing on an astonishing range of thinkers and writers, including Plato, Wittgenstein, George Orwell and Primo Levi, Gaita also reflects on the place of reason and truth in morality and ultimately how questions about good and evil are connected to the meaning of our lives.

This revised edition of Good and Evil includes a substantial new preface and afterword by the author.

Item Description:Previous edition: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0203489128
9780203489123
0415332893