Description |
1 online resource (x, 143 pages) |
Contents |
Introduction -- Sacrifice and the creation of inherent value -- Care and sacrifice -- Love -- Religion and sacrifice -- Patriotism -- Business and other loyalties -- Friendship -- Gifts -- Pluralism vs fanaticism: the need for more than one absolute value -- Kant's use of sacrifice -- Relations to certain significant theories and issues -- Conclusions |
Summary |
We create value for ourselves by making sacrifices. In Sacrifice and Value, Sidney Axinn presents the role of sacrifice in the work of many figures in the history of Philosophy. A novel feature is the attention given to Kant's use of sacrifice, and the way this changes the usual view of the Categorical Imperative, and Kant's concept of value |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
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SUBJECT |
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 fast |
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Life.
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Values.
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Sacrifice.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Life
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Sacrifice
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Values
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021678495 |
ISBN |
9780739140550 |
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0739140558 |
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1282921827 |
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9781282921825 |
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9786612921827 |
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661292182X |
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