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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780262537339
- Book Title
- Against Nature
- Book Series
- Untimely Meditations Ser.
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Item Length
- 6.9 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.2 in
- Genre
- Philosophy, Social Science, Science
- Topic
- Philosophy & Social Aspects, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- Item Weight
- 3.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 4.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 96 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262537338
ISBN-13
9780262537339
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038284208
Product Key Features
Book Title
Against Nature
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Philosophy & Social Aspects, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Social Science, Science
Book Series
Untimely Meditations Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
3.3 Oz
Item Length
6.9 in
Item Width
4.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-049313
Series Volume Number
17
Synopsis
A pithy work of philosophical anthropology that explores why humans find moral orders in natural orders. Why have human beings, in many different cultures and epochs, looked to nature as a source of norms for human behavior? From ancient India and ancient Greece, medieval France and Enlightenment America, up to the latest controversies over gay marriage and cloning, natural orders have been enlisted to illustrate and buttress moral orders. Revolutionaries and reactionaries alike have appealed to nature to shore up their causes. No amount of philosophical argument or political critique deters the persistent and pervasive temptation to conflate the "is" of natural orders with the "ought" of moral orders. In this short, pithy work of philosophical anthropology, Lorraine Daston asks why we continually seek moral orders in natural orders, despite so much good counsel to the contrary. She outlines three specific forms of natural order in the Western philosophical tradition--specific natures, local natures, and universal natural laws--and describes how each of these three natural orders has been used to define and oppose a distinctive form of the unnatural. She argues that each of these forms of the unnatural triggers equally distinctive emotions: horror, terror, and wonder. Daston proposes that human reason practiced in human bodies should command the attention of philosophers, who have traditionally yearned for a transcendent reason, valid for all species, all epochs, even all planets., A pithy work of philosophical anthropology that explores why humans find moral orders in natural orders. Why have human beings, in many different cultures and epochs, looked to nature as a source of norms for human behavior? From ancient India and ancient Greece, medieval France and Enlightenment America, up to the latest controversies over gay marriage and cloning, natural orders have been enlisted to illustrate and buttress moral orders. Revolutionaries and reactionaries alike have appealed to nature to shore up their causes. No amount of philosophical argument or political critique deters the persistent and pervasive temptation to conflate the "is" of natural orders with the "ought" of moral orders. In this short, pithy work ofphilosophical anthropology, Lorraine Daston asks why we continually seek moral orders in natural orders, despite so much good counsel to the contrary. She outlines three specific forms of natural order in the Western philosophical tradition-specific natures, local natures, and universal natural laws-and describes how each of these three natural orders has been used to define and oppose a distinctive form of the unnatural. She argues that each of these forms of the unnatural triggers equally distinctive emotions- horror, terror, and wonder. Daston proposes that human reason practiced in human bodies should command the attention of philosophers, who have traditionally yearned for a transcendent reason, valid for all species, all epochs, even all planets.
LC Classification Number
BD450.D32513 2019
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- -***l (3977)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchasea really great book and nice looking 🤩; just wanted this paperback 🙂; just as described...brand new and crisp pages 😀; thanks for the fantastic price; packaged very well and with care; with plastic wrapping but wrapped extra tight; ensuring no damages and book arrived in perfect condition 💯; fast shipping; seamless transaction all around 👏; outstanding quality of customer service and an A+ seller 😎; thanks 😊