The Needs of StrangersThis thought provoking book uncovers a crisis in the political imagination, a wide-spread failure to provide the passionate sense of community "in which our need for belonging can be met." Seeking the answers to fundamental questions, Michael Ignatieff writes vividly both about ideas and about the people who tried to live by them from Augustine to Bosch, from Rosseau to Simone Weil. Incisive and moving, "The Needs of Strangers" returns philosophy to its proper place, as a guide to the art of being human. |
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Page 15
... necessary preconditions for personal freedom . The advantage of this way of thinking is that it seeks to reconcile a theory of the good with the freedom of each individual to live his life as he chooses . The disadvantage is that many ...
... necessary preconditions for personal freedom . The advantage of this way of thinking is that it seeks to reconcile a theory of the good with the freedom of each individual to live his life as he chooses . The disadvantage is that many ...
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... necessary con- dition for their self - respect and their dignity , but it is not a sufficient condition . It is the manner of the giving that counts and the moral basis on which it is given : whether strangers at my door get their ...
... necessary con- dition for their self - respect and their dignity , but it is not a sufficient condition . It is the manner of the giving that counts and the moral basis on which it is given : whether strangers at my door get their ...
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... necessary to our health , but we are the only tribe which believes that such necessary knowledge can be private knowledge - the science of the individual . We have created a new need , the need to live an examined life ; we pursue its ...
... necessary to our health , but we are the only tribe which believes that such necessary knowledge can be private knowledge - the science of the individual . We have created a new need , the need to live an examined life ; we pursue its ...
Contents
Tragedy and Utopia | 7 |
THE NATURAL AND THE SOCIAL | 25 |
THE BODY AND THE SPIRIT | 100 |
Copyright | |
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The Needs of Strangers: An Essay on Privacy, Solidarity, and the Politics of ... Michael Ignatieff No preview available - 1986 |
The Needs of Strangers: An Essay on Privacy, Solidarity, and the Politics of ... Michael Ignatieff No preview available - 1986 |
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Adam Smith amour de soi Augustine Augustinian autarky basic need beggar belonging blind body Bosch's Boswell Cambridge capacity capitalist certainty choice choose Christian citizens civic claim commercial society common consolation Cordelia creatures critique daughters David Hume death desire Discourse on Inequality division of labour duty economic equality father flesh fraternity freedom give happiness Haywain heath Hieronymus Bosch human nature human needs Hume Treatise Hume's hunger individuals inequality insisted invisible hand J. G. A. Pocock justice King Lear Lear's liberty live London madness man's Marx means metaphysical modern moral necessity needs of strangers never obligation Paradise Pascal passion Penguin Philosophy Physiocratic pity poor question reason reconcile Religion religious republic respect retinue rich Rousseau Saint satisfaction scarcity secular self-command Social Contract solidarity species spiral of need spirit spiritual need Stoic things Thou Tom O'Bedlam tragedy utopia virtue vision welfare yearning