[PDF] Man The Measure Of Good And Evil eBook

Author : Leonid Goutsalenko
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 30,87 MB
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 145687084X

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The readers: a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, PhD, professor A.N. Danilov, PhD, professors Y.A. Gousev, A.N. Elsukov, P.G. Martysuk. An eternally actual problem of Good and Evil is considered in the context of a great idea of an ancient Greek thinker Protagoras, the author of the Constitution of one of the first world democracies, a founder of social philosophy, a contemporary of Socrates. Unfortunately, the sense of his doctrine, enclosed in the formula “man is the measure of all things”, has not yet investigated enough and estimated at its true worth in proportion to significance for the fate of man and the mankind. In the suggested publication this idea is being uncovered as a measured principle of a social reality construction, and internal antipathy of man’s measure– as the main source of self-movement of individual and social forms of people’s life, the main reason of their achievements and failure. The book is intended for researchers in the humanities and natural sciences, teachers, graduate students, students – everyone who is interested in what is happening in our extremely unsettled world and why.

Author : Robert I. Simon
Publisher : American Psychiatric Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 16,40 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN :

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"Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior" provides insights into the minds of rapists, stalkers, serial killers, psychopaths, professional exploiters, and other individuals whose behavior both frightens and fascinates us. The book also works to break down the false separation between "good" and "bad" people-pointing out that this dark side is an essential component of our humanity. "Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream" cracks open the door to the dark side and gives readers a look inside. Sometimes frightening, always fascinating, this book will captivate readers from beginning to end.

Author : Werner Marx
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,26 MB
Release : 1987-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226509211

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The search for an ethics rooted in human experience is the crux of this deeply compassionate work, here translated from the 1983 German edition. Distinguished philosopher Werner Marx provides a close reading, critique, and Weiterdenken, or "further thinking," of Martin Heidegger's later work on death, language, and poetry, which has often been dismissed as both obscure and obscurantist. In it Marx seeks, and perhaps finds, both a measure for distinguishing between good and evil and a motive for preferring the former. The poet Hölderlin posed the question, "Is there a measure on earth?" His own answer was emphatic, "There is none," for he was convinced that the measure for man was to be found only in the domain of the heavenly beings. Such metaphysical assumptions, as well as the attempt to found ethical conduct in the nature of man as a rational being, have been rejected by many contemporary thinkers, particularly Heidegger. Yet these thinkers have not been able to provide a satisfactory alternative to metaphysical foundations of the standards for responsible human conduct. Marx, therefore, goes beyond Heidegger in demonstrating how several of his most basic notions could be relevant to a secular morality in our age. It is death, Marx claims, that unsettles man and transforms his conduct toward his fellow man. the common experience of mortality nourishes ethical life—and leads to the measures of compassion, love, and recognition of one's fellow human beings. "It is only on the basis of these 'traditional virtues,'" Marx writes, "that we can find a motive for averting the impending dangers which have often enough been described so vividly and convincingly."

Author : Leonid Goutsalenko
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 45,53 MB
Release : 2009-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441544377

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Âå÷íî àêòóàëüíàÿ ïðîáëåìà äîáðà è çëà ðàññìàòðèâàåòñÿ â êîíòåêñòå ãåíèàëüíîé èäåè äðåâíåãðå÷åñêîãî ìûñëèòåëÿ Ïðîòàãîðà, àâòîðà Êîíñòèòóöèè îäíîé èç ïåðâûõ äåìîêðàòèé ìèðà, îñíîâàòåëÿ ñîöèàëüíîé ôèëîñîôèè, ñîâðåìåííèêà Ñîêðàòà. Ê ñîæàëåíèþ, ñìûñë åãî ó÷åíèÿ, çàêëþ÷åííûé â ôîðìóëå «÷åëîâåê ìåðà âñåõ âåùåé», äî ñèõ ïîð íåäîñòàòî÷íî èññëåäîâàí è îöåíåí ïî åãî çíà÷èìîñòè äëÿ ñóäåá ÷åëîâåêà è ÷åëîâå÷åñòâà.  ïðåäëàãàåìîé ïóáëèêàöèè ýòà èäåÿ ðàñêðûâàåòñÿ êàê ìåðîîïðåäåëÿþùèé ïðèíöèï êîíñòðóèðîâàíèÿ ñîöèàëüíîé ðåàëüíîñòè, à âíóòðåííÿÿ ïðîòèâîðå÷èâîñòü ìåðû ÷åëîâåêà êàê îñíîâíîé èñòî÷íèê ñàìîäâèæåíèÿ èíäèâèäóàëüíîé è îáùåñòâåííîé ôîðìû æèçíè ëþäåé, ãëàâíàÿ ïðè÷èíà èõ äîñòèæåíèé è ïîðàæåíèé. Êíèãà ïðåäíàçíà÷åíà èññëåäîâàòåëÿì â îáëàñòè ãóìàíèòàðíûõ è åñòåñòâåííûõ íàóê, ïðåïîäàâàòåëÿì, àñïèðàíòàì, ñòóäåíòàì, âñåì, êòî èíòåðåñóåòñÿ, ÷òî è ïî÷åìó ïðîèñõîäèò â íàøåì êðàéíå íåñïîêîéíîì ìèðå.

Author : S. A. Lloyd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 48,98 MB
Release : 2009-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0521861675

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In this book, S. A. Lloyd offers a radically new interpretation of Hobbes's laws of nature, revealing them to be not egoistic precepts of personal prudence but rather moral instructions for obtaining the common good. This account of Hobbes's moral philosophy stands in contrast to both divine command and rational choice interpretations. Drawing from the core notion of reciprocity, Lloyd explains Hobbes's system of "cases in the law of nature" and situates Hobbes's moral philosophy in the broader context of his political philosophy and views on religion. Offering ingenious new arguments, Lloyd defends a reciprocity interpretation of the laws of nature through which humanity's common good is secured.

Author : Charles Brodie Patterson
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 12,92 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 3849642399

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In this book the author has tried to show, in so far as lay within his power, different stages or degrees of growth in human life, and that all these varying degrees are necessary; that the very mistakes and sins of men tend to bring about the fuller and more complete life; that in the grand economy of the universe nothing is lost, but that all things work together for good, whether we name them good or evil. Knowing this to be true, the message is optimistic; one of peace and good will to all men; one of healing to the sick, and recovery of sight to the blind, of liberty to those in captivity; one wherein the acceptable year of the Lord is proclaimed.

Author : Thomas Hurka Professor of Philosophy University of Calgary
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 33,92 MB
Release : 1993-04-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198024185

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Perfectionism is one of the great moralities of the Western tradition. It holds that certain states of humans, such as knowledge, achievement, and friendship, are good apart from any pleasure they may bring, and that the morally right act is always the one that most promotes these states. Defined more narrowly, perfectionism identifies the human good by reference to human nature: if knowledge and achievement are good, it is because they realize aspects of human nature. This book gives an account of perfectionism, first in the narrower sense, analyzing its central concepts and defending a theory of human nature in which rationality plays a central role. It then uses this theory to construct an elaborate account of the intrinsic value of beliefs and actions that embody rationality, and applies this account to political questions about liberty and equality. The book attempts to formulate the most defensible version of perfectionism, using contemporary analytic techniques. It aims both to regain for perfectionism a central place in contemporary moral debate and to shed light on the writings of classical perfectionists such as Aristotle, Aquinas, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and T.H. Green.