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Sentience and Sensibility - A Conversation about Moral Philosophy (Hardcover)
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Sentience and Sensibility - A Conversation about Moral Philosophy (Hardcover)
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Sentience and Sensibility is a dialogue that engages a number of
issues in moral theory in a rigorous and original manner, while
remaining accessible to students and other nonspecialist readers.
It accomplishes this by means of the time-honored (if presently
dormant) medium of philosophical dialogue, in which its characters
actively challenge each other to clarify their ideas and defend
their reasoning. In this manner the conversation develops and
weighs some proposed solutions, in largely non-technical language,
to a number of current and traditional moral problems (including
the nature and origin of moral value, the moral status of nonhuman
animals, problems of partiality, and other vexed topics). Moral
philosophy and theory can seem as remote and intimidating as
everyday ethical matters and moral intuitions are pressing.
Sentience and Sensibility proposes that these two should meet. The
book's characters gently challenge each other to clarify their
thinking and defend their reasoning, and in this rigorous yet
personable manner explore traditional and fresh takes on morality.
The conversation aims not only to discover thoughtful answers to
such questions, but to do so while being respectful of both
philosophical theory and ordinary moral intuitions. David Weissman
of CCNY believes this "may be the best use of the very difficult
medium of philosophical dialogue" he has read, and that the book
"deserves a wide audience." Kay Mathiesen of the University of
Arizona compares the appeal of the book to that of Jostein
Gaarder's bestselling novel about the history of philosophy, with
the difference that Sentience and Sensibility develops original
ideas in moral thought: "It's like a Sophie's World for grownups."
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