| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 207 pages) |
| Contents |
The wellbeing account of the ideal of authenticity -- The rationality account of the ideal of authenticity -- The moral account of the ideal of authenticity -- Bad advice: action-guiding rules and the nature of normative failure -- Ethics without authenticity: looking outward not inches |
| Summary |
Simon Feldman explores how the concept of authenticity has become an unrealistic ideal founded on metaphysically confused notions of the self. In <span style=""font-style:italic;"">Against Authenticity, Feldman argues for the validity and value of inauthenticity in our lives, providing an exciting challenge for studies of ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and moral psychology. <br /> |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Self (Philosophy)
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Authenticity (Philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
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Authenticity (Philosophy)
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Self (Philosophy)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021675833 |
| ISBN |
9780739182017 |
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0739182013 |
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9780739182017 |
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