Reflections on how we live / Annette C. Baier.
| Author/creator | Baier, Annette |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, |
| Description | ix, 275 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The rights of past and future persons -- For the sake of future generations -- Discrimin.ite death-dealing: who may kill whom, and how? -- Can philosophers be patriots? -- Why honesty is a hard virtue postscript -- Getting in touch with our own feelings -- How to get to know one's own mind: some simple ways -- The moral perils of intimacy -- Feelings that matter -- Demoralization, trust, and the virtues -- Sympathy and self-trust -- Putting hope in its place -- How to lose friends: some simple ways -- Alienating affection -- Faces, and other body parts -- Other minds: jottings towards an intellectual self-image. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009034145 |
| ISBN | 9780199570362 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0199570361 (hardback : alk. paper) |