The Ethic of the Upward Gaze: Essays Inspired by Immanuel Kant and Nicolai Hartmann - Softcover

Cicovacki, Predrag

 
9781587312434: The Ethic of the Upward Gaze: Essays Inspired by Immanuel Kant and Nicolai Hartmann
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1587312433 ISBN 13: 9781587312434
Verlag: St Augustine's Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

"Kant and Hartmann share a belief that is less common than it once was: that the aim of morality is to guide us toward becoming the best version of ourselves. Morality is not the same as prudence, nor is it a utilitarian calculus about what actions lead to our advantage. Yes, we do need to see what is in front of us, and handle what demands our immediate attention, in accordance with the rules endorsed by our societies. We also need to secure our existence as well as the material flourishing of ourselves and those who depend on us. But focusing exclusively on such issues deflects our consciousness from the high road of morality. […]
     These essays explore ideas relating to the suffocating and hope-crushing atmosphere of negativity and disorientation in the contemporary world. The message of this collection is that, if we dare to open our eyes and our hearts, we can find that there is much in ourselves and the world that deserves our reverence and our loving gaze. It is not too late to recall that besides the natural and the social worlds, there is yet another order of being: the spiritual. And without a connection with this spiritual order, we cannot experience our humanity at its best."


 

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Predrag Cicovacki is Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, College of the Holy Cross, USA, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of twelve books and the editor of ten. His work has been translated into Serbian, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, German, and other languages.


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Verlag
St Augustine's Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1587312433
ISBN 13 
9781587312434
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
220
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