Theories of human nature /
| Основен автор: | Kupperman, Joel. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Indianapolis :
Hackett Pub. Co.,
c2010.
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Съдържание:
- Why philosophers have wanted theories of human nature
- Two foci of theories of human nature
- The Upanishads and Buddha
- Confucius
- Plato and Aristotle (and some Freudian echoes of Plato) : parts of the mind that can achieve a proper harmony
- Mengzi and Xunzi : the capacity for true benevolence
- The Christian doctrine of original sin : essential human imperfection
- Hobbes (and some Darwinian echoes)
- Butler and Hume : inherent tendencies toward altruism
- Kant : the need for reason to dominate
- Marx and alienation : our flawed participation in life
- Sartre and Kierkegaard : radical incompleteness as the human lot
- Arendt : making oneself distinct
- Some additional views in brief : Ibn al-Arabi, Spinoza, Pascal, and Rousseau
- Human nature in philosophy and in everyday thought.