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Literary Criticism Reference

Existentialist Thinkers and Ethics

edited by Christine Daigle

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2006
Category
Reference
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773531062
    Publish Date
    Oct 2006
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773531383
    Publish Date
    Oct 2006
    List Price
    $32.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773585751
    Publish Date
    Oct 2006
    List Price
    $95.00

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Twentieth-century existential thinkers, critical of traditional, overly rationalistic approaches to ethics, sought to provide a better account of what it means to be human in the world. They articulated ethical views that respected the individual yet were fundamentally concerned with the Other and the ethical value of an authentic life. Their philosophy has often been dismissed as unsuccessful.

About the author

Christine Daigle is assistant professor, philosophy, Brock University and author of Le nihilisme est-il un humanisme? Étude sur Nietzsche et Sartre.

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