Moral Conscience Through the Ages: Fifth Century Bce to the Present

In Moral Conscience through the Ages, Richard Sorabji brings his erudition and philosophical acumen to bear on...
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Moral Conscience Through the Ages: Fifth Century Bce to the Present by Sorabji, Richard

Moral Conscience Through the Ages: Fifth Century Bce to the Present

€70,47

Moral Conscience Through the Ages: Fifth Century Bce to the Present

€70,47
Author: Richard Sorabji
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In Moral Conscience through the Ages, Richard Sorabji brings his erudition and philosophical acumen to bear on a fundamental question: what is conscience? Examining the ways we have conceived of that little voice in our heads--our self-directed judge--he teases out its most enduring elements, the aspects that have survived from the Greek playwrights in the fifth century BCE through St Paul, the Church Fathers, Catholics and Protestants, all the way to the 17th century's political unrest and the critics and champions of the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.

Sorabji examines an impressive breadth of topics: the longing for different kinds of freedom of conscience, the proper limits of freedom itself, protests at conscience's being 'terrorized, ' dilemmas of conscience, the value of conscience to human beings, its secularization, its reliability, and ways to improve it. These historical issues are alive today, with fresh concerns about topics such as conscientious objection, the force of conscience, or the balance between freedoms of conscience, religion, and speech. The result is a stunningly comprehensive look at a central component of our moral understanding.

Author: Richard Sorabji
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/23/2018
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780226528601

About the Author
Richard Sorabji is honorary fellow of Wolfson College at Oxford University and fellow and emeritus professor at King's College, London. He is the editor of over one hundred books and author of fifteen books, including Necessity, Cause, and Blame; Self; and Gandhi and the Stoics, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

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