From enlightenment to receptivity : rethinking our values /

This text argues that Western philosophy on the whole has overemphasized rational control and autonomy at the expense of the important countervailing value and virtue of receptivity. Recently the ideas of caring and empathy have received a great deal of philosophical and public attention, but both t...

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Main Author:	Slote, Michael, 1941-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Caring. Empathy. Ethics. Empathy Ethics Humanité (Morale) Empathie. Morale. empathy. ethics (philosophy) PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY > Social. Caring Electronic books.
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