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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcGraw-Hill Companies, T.H.E.
ISBN-100070000506
ISBN-139780070000506
eBay Product ID (ePID)32431
Product Key Features
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTheories of Human Nature : Classical and Contemporary Readings
Publication Year1991
SubjectEthics & Moral Philosophy, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorDonald C. Abel
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Psychology
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight22.3 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN91-017091
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal128
Table Of ContentGeneral Introduction. 1. PLATO: The Republic. 2. ARISTOTLE: Nicomachean Ethics. 3. MENCIUS: The Book of Mencius. 4. LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA: On the Happy Life. 5. AUGUSTINE: The Free Choice of the Will. 6. THOMAS AQUINAS: Summa Theologiae. 7. RENE DESCARTES: Meditations on First Philosophy. 8. DAVID HUME: An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. 9. KARL MARX: Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. 10. FREIDRICH NIETZSCHE: Human, All Too Human. 11. SIGMUND FREUD: Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis. 12. JEAN-PAUL SARTRE: Existentialism Is a Humanism. 13. SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR: The Ethics of Ambiguity. 14. B. F. SKINNER: About Behaviorism. 15. EDWARD O. WILSON: On Human Nature
SynopsisThis historically organized collection of readings by 15 major thinkers spans from Plato to the present, including non-Western (e.g. Mencius) and feminist (e.g. de Beauvoir) texts. The anthology is designed for introductory-level courses exploring philosophical questions concerning human nature, including ethical, metaphysical, religious, and epistemological issues. Editorial features include introductions to each writer, discussion questions, annotated bibliographies, and an overall introduction to reading philosophy texts.