How to Defend Humane Ideals

Name: How to Defend Humane Ideals
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 9780803217959
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Szerző: James Flynn

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Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: University of Nebraska Press

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One of the principal moral and psychological problems of our time is whether humane ideals can be de...

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Szerző

James Flynn

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2008

oldal

224

EAN

9780803217959

ISBN

0803217951

Enbook ID

04922524

Kiadó

University of Nebraska Press

Súly

374

Méretek

154 x 228 x 15

Teljes leírás

One of the principal moral and psychological problems of our time is whether humane ideals can be defended. Loss of faith in the objectivity of ethics has encouraged a sense of hopelessness. The notion that no ideal is better than any other, that a humane commitment has no rational advantage over Nietzsche's contempt for ordinary people, has been accused of leaving our civilization without self-confidence or a purpose. James R. Flynn rejects attempts to salvage ethical objectivity as futile and counterproductive. Instead, he uses philosophical analysis to demonstrate the relevance of logic and evidence to moral debate. He then uses modern social science to refute racists, Social Darwinists, Nietzsche, and the meritocracy thesis of The Bell Curve. Flynn concludes that the great post-Enlightenment project-justice for all races and classes, the reduction of inequality, and the abolition of privilege-retains its moral dignity and relevance. A professor emeritus at the University of Otago, New Zealand, James R. Flynn is the author of Asian Americans: Achievement beyond IQ and Race, IQ, and Jensen.He has been profiled in Scientific American, and his research has been reviewed in Nature and Newsweek.

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