Existentialist Thinkers and Ethics
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2006
- Category
- Reference
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773531062
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $125.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780773531383
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773585751
- Publish Date
- Oct 2006
- List Price
- $110.00
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Description
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.