What is our nature? What is this enigma that we call human? Who are
we? Since the dawn of human history, people have exhibited wildly
contradictory qualities: good and evil, love and hate, strength and
weakness, kindness and cruelty, aggressiveness and pacifism,
generosity and greed, courage and cowardice. Experiencing a sense
of eternity in our hearts--but at the same time confined to
temporal and spatial constraints--we seek to understand ourselves,
both individually and as a species.
In Who Are We? Theories of Human Nature, esteemed author Louis P.
Pojman seeks to find answers to these questions by exploring major
theories in Western philosophy and religion, along with several
traditions in Eastern thought. The most comprehensive work of its
kind, the volume opens with chapters on the Hebrew/Christian view
of human nature and the contrasting classical Greek theories,
outlining a dichotomy between faith and reason that loosely frames
the rest of the book. The following chapters cover the medieval
view, Hindu and Buddhist perspectives, conservative and liberal
theories, Kant's Copernican revolution, Schopenhauer's pessimistic
idealism, and Karl Marx's theory. Freud's psychoanalytic view, the
existentialist perspective, the Darwinian view, and scientific
materialism are also discussed. Pojman concludes with a discussion
of the question of free will, ultimately asserting that each one of
us must decide for ourselves who and what we are, and, based on
that answer, how we shall live.
General
Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2005 |
First published: |
July 2005 |
Authors: |
Louis P. Pojman
(Professor of Philosophy)
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Dimensions: |
234 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
301 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-517927-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
LSN: |
0-19-517927-7 |
Barcode: |
9780195179279 |
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