Ogien Ruwen
Ogien Ruwen - Human Kindness And The Smell Of Warm Croissants An Introduction To Ethics - Paperback
Ogien Ruwen - Human Kindness And The Smell Of Warm Croissants An Introduction To Ethics - Paperback
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Description: Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants makes philosophy fun tactile and popular. Moral thinking is simple Ruwen Ogien argues and as inherent as the senses. In our daily experiences in the situations we confront and in the scenes we witness we develop an understanding of right and wrong as sophisticated as the moral outlook of the world's most gifted philosophers. By drawing on this knowledge to navigate life's most perplexing problems ethics becomes second nature. Ogien explores through experimental philosophy and other methods the responses nineteen real - world conundrums provoke. Is a short mediocre life better than no life at all? Is it acceptable to kill a healthy person so his organs can save five others? Would you swap a "natural" life filled with frustration disappointment and partial success for a world in which all of your needs are met but through artificial and mechanical means? Ogien doesn't seek to show how difficult it is to determine right from wrong or how easy it is for humans to become monsters or react like saints. Helping us tap into the wisdom and feeling we already possess in our ethical "toolboxes " Ogien instead encourages readers to question moral presuppositions and rules; embrace an intuitive sense of dignity virtue and justice; and pursue a pluralist ethics suited to the principles of human kindness.
Title: Human Kindness And The Smell Of Warm Croissants An Introduction To Ethics
Author(s): Ogien Ruwen
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Barcode: 9780231169233
Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/19/2015
Category: Society & Culture: General
Description: Human Kindness and the Smell of Warm Croissants makes philosophy fun tactile and popular. Moral thinking is simple Ruwen Ogien argues and as inherent as the senses. In our daily experiences in the situations we confront and in the scenes we witness we develop an understanding of right and wrong as sophisticated as the moral outlook of the world's most gifted philosophers. By drawing on this knowledge to navigate life's most perplexing problems ethics becomes second nature. Ogien explores through experimental philosophy and other methods the responses nineteen real - world conundrums provoke. Is a short mediocre life better than no life at all? Is it acceptable to kill a healthy person so his organs can save five others? Would you swap a "natural" life filled with frustration disappointment and partial success for a world in which all of your needs are met but through artificial and mechanical means? Ogien doesn't seek to show how difficult it is to determine right from wrong or how easy it is for humans to become monsters or react like saints. Helping us tap into the wisdom and feeling we already possess in our ethical "toolboxes " Ogien instead encourages readers to question moral presuppositions and rules; embrace an intuitive sense of dignity virtue and justice; and pursue a pluralist ethics suited to the principles of human kindness.
Title: Human Kindness And The Smell Of Warm Croissants An Introduction To Ethics
Author(s): Ogien Ruwen
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Barcode: 9780231169233
Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/19/2015
Category: Society & Culture: General
