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Roger ScrutonRoger Scruton
On Human Nature Kindle Edition
by Roger Scruton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger Scruton
In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings cannot be understood simply as biological objects. We are not only human animals; we are also persons, in essential relation with other persons, and bound to them by obligations and rights. Our world is a shared world, exhibiting freedom, value, and accountability, and to understand it we must address other people face to face and I to I.
Scruton develops and defends his account of human nature by ranging widely across intellectual history, from Plato and Averroës to Darwin and Wittgenstein. The book begins with Kant's suggestion that we are distinguished by our ability to say "I"—by our sense of ourselves as the centers of self-conscious reflection. This fact is manifested in our emotions, interests, and relations. It is the foundation of the moral sense, as well as of the aesthetic and religious conceptions through which we shape the human world and endow it with meaning. And it lies outside the scope of modern materialist philosophy, even though it is a natural and not a supernatural fact. Ultimately, Scruton offers a new way of understanding how self-consciousness affects the question of how we should live.
The result is a rich view of human nature that challenges some of today's most fashionable ideas about our species.
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Print length
160 pages
Review
"One of Blackwell's Best of Non-Fiction 2017"
From the Back Cover
"I admire Roger Scruton's stance and I admire his writing. In this short book, he raises and discusses deeply important issues about the human world."--Simon Blackburn, author of Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
"A tour de force, this book presents an original and important view of human nature."--Anthony O'Hear, University of Buckingham
About the Author
Roger Scruton (1944–2020) was a writer and philosopher. His many books included The Soul of the World and The Aesthetics of Architecture (both Princeton), as well as A Short History of Modern Philosophy.
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Product details
ASIN : B01M2BTSGT
Publisher : Princeton University Press; Reprint edition (14 February 2017)
Language : English
File size : 1687 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 160 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 0691183031Best Sellers Rank: 585,137 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)87 in Philosophy Criticism (Kindle Store)
271 in History of Philosophy & Schools of Thought eBooks
398 in Philosophy Criticism (Books)Customer Reviews:
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