Toby Svoboda

A Philosophical Defense of Misanthropy (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book argues that it can be both reasonable and appropriate to adopt a certain kind of misanthropy. The author defends a cognitivist version of misanthropy, an attitude whose central feature is the judgment that humanity is morally bad.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 132
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000583724
• Artikelnr.: 63585708

Autorenporträt

Toby Svoboda is an associate professor of philosophy at Fairfield University, USA. He is the author of The Ethics of Climate Engineering (Routledge, 2017) and Duties Regarding Nature (Routledge, 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introducing Misanthropy 2. The Example of Schopenhauer 3: The Ethics of
Misanthropy 4. Arguing for Cognitivist Misanthropy 5. Objections to
Cognitivist Misanthropy 6. Misanthropy and Non-Human Nature 7. Living as
Misanthropists