Small Comforts for Hard Times : Humanists on Public Policy /
Small Comforts for Hard Times : Humanists on Public Policy /
Florian Stuber, Michael Mooney.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Foreword -- Introduction / Justice and Human Equality -- 1. Justice-Compensatory and Distributive / 2. Equality, Race, and Preferential Treatment / 3. The Costs of Equality / 4. The Costs of Inequality: In Response to Robert A. Nisbet / 5. Justice, Equality, and the Economic System / 6. Equality and Fraternity: A Note on Subjective Realities / Private Rights and the Public Good -- 7. Private Rights and the Public Good / 8. Public Rights and Private Interests: In Response to Charles Frankel / 9. On Privacy and Community / 10. Do Rocks Have Rights? Thoughts on Environmental Ethics / Technology and the Ideal of Human Progress -- 11. Living with Scarcity / 12. The Technology of Life and Death / 13. Biomedical Progress and the Limits of Human Health / 14. Technology and the Structuring of Cities / 15. The Aesthetics of Technology: In Response to David P. Billington / War and the Social Order -- 16. On National Frontiers: Ethnic Homogeneity and Pluralism / 17. The Lower Middle Class as Historical Problem / 18. Reflections on War, Utopias, and Temporary Systems / Education and the Good Society -- 19. The University and American Society / 20. The University, Society, and the Critical Temper: In Response to George W. Pierson / 21. Some Questions in General Education Today / 22. Some Inconsistent Educational Aims / 23. The Disestablished Humanities / 24. A View from the Ivory Tower: In Response to Rosemary Park / The Humanities and Public Policy -- 25. A Philosophic Perspective / Notes -- Index Gutmann, James -- Stuber, Florian -- Dearie, Herbert A. -- Freund, Paul A. -- Nisbet, Robert A. -- Gans, Herbert J. -- Vickrey, William S. -- DeMott, Benjamin -- Frankel, Charles -- Arendt, Hannah -- Capouya, Emilie -- Nash, Roderick -- Shinn, Roger L. -- Gaylin, Willard -- Callahan, Daniel -- Billington, Dauid P. -- Salvadori, Mario G. -- McNeill, William H. -- Mayer, Arno J. -- Hansot, Elisabeth -- Pierson, George W. -- Bary, Wm. Theodore de -- Marcus, Steven -- O'Neill, Onora -- Park, Rosemary -- Hanning, Robert W. -- Edel, Abraham --
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Presents twenty-five papers written by different professionals from historians, philosophers, legal experts, political scientists, civil engineers to examine the aesthetics of technology and science.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231928267 9780231890656
10.7312/moon92826 doi
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Foreword -- Introduction / Justice and Human Equality -- 1. Justice-Compensatory and Distributive / 2. Equality, Race, and Preferential Treatment / 3. The Costs of Equality / 4. The Costs of Inequality: In Response to Robert A. Nisbet / 5. Justice, Equality, and the Economic System / 6. Equality and Fraternity: A Note on Subjective Realities / Private Rights and the Public Good -- 7. Private Rights and the Public Good / 8. Public Rights and Private Interests: In Response to Charles Frankel / 9. On Privacy and Community / 10. Do Rocks Have Rights? Thoughts on Environmental Ethics / Technology and the Ideal of Human Progress -- 11. Living with Scarcity / 12. The Technology of Life and Death / 13. Biomedical Progress and the Limits of Human Health / 14. Technology and the Structuring of Cities / 15. The Aesthetics of Technology: In Response to David P. Billington / War and the Social Order -- 16. On National Frontiers: Ethnic Homogeneity and Pluralism / 17. The Lower Middle Class as Historical Problem / 18. Reflections on War, Utopias, and Temporary Systems / Education and the Good Society -- 19. The University and American Society / 20. The University, Society, and the Critical Temper: In Response to George W. Pierson / 21. Some Questions in General Education Today / 22. Some Inconsistent Educational Aims / 23. The Disestablished Humanities / 24. A View from the Ivory Tower: In Response to Rosemary Park / The Humanities and Public Policy -- 25. A Philosophic Perspective / Notes -- Index Gutmann, James -- Stuber, Florian -- Dearie, Herbert A. -- Freund, Paul A. -- Nisbet, Robert A. -- Gans, Herbert J. -- Vickrey, William S. -- DeMott, Benjamin -- Frankel, Charles -- Arendt, Hannah -- Capouya, Emilie -- Nash, Roderick -- Shinn, Roger L. -- Gaylin, Willard -- Callahan, Daniel -- Billington, Dauid P. -- Salvadori, Mario G. -- McNeill, William H. -- Mayer, Arno J. -- Hansot, Elisabeth -- Pierson, George W. -- Bary, Wm. Theodore de -- Marcus, Steven -- O'Neill, Onora -- Park, Rosemary -- Hanning, Robert W. -- Edel, Abraham --
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Presents twenty-five papers written by different professionals from historians, philosophers, legal experts, political scientists, civil engineers to examine the aesthetics of technology and science.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231928267 9780231890656
10.7312/moon92826 doi
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism.