1st Edition
Experience Versus Understanding Understanding Yourself in Twenty-First Century Societies
By Harry Bredemeir
Copyright 1998
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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Bringing into play a lifetime of sociological analysis, Harry Bredemeier here explores fundamental issues in epistemology and ethics and how social research has altered traditional views on such major subjects as the play of physical force in social life, the distinction between the physical and moral universe, risk taking and life making, rights and obligations in short the most basic questions... Read more
Part 1 Actions and Consequences 1 The Interpretation of Experience 2 The First Choice: Deciding What It 3 The Welfare of the Species and the Shaping of Behaviour 4 Why We Act As We Do 5 Power, Behaviour, and Success Part 2 Humanism and Individualism: Similarities and Differences 6 Virtues and Justice 7 The Problem of Losers 8 Culture and Freedom 9 The Preciousness of Persons 10 Foreign Policy
Biography
Harry Bredemeir
