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A Portion of Reason (Paperback)
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A Portion of Reason (Paperback)
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This book is a collection of essays that examine various subjects
in which unreasonableness or low standards of rationality
substitute sentimentality for sober thought and thereby restrict
action. The essays defend the interconnected values of
reasonableness and freedom. Contents: Introduction; Method:
Irrationality; Morality: Taking Morality Seriously; Vulgarity;
Justice, Merit, and the Good; Science and Animal Experimentation;
Education: The Irrelevance of Relevance; The Cult of
Anti-Rationalism in Education; Knowledge in a University;
Reflections of An Elitist; Can the Humanities Help Us?; Words
Without Thought; The Captive University; Society: Petty Despotism;
Macmillan Publishing Company on Sex and Race; Marcuse's
One-Dimensional Vision; More Clothes for the Emperor: 'Mental
Health'; Should We Try to Breed Better People?; About Pornography;
Life: Death and Dignity.
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