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1 online resource (276 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Freedom; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Sartre's Arguments for Freedom; 1.2.1 The First Argument: Consciousness is Not What it Is; 1.2.1.1 The rejection of the phenomenal reduction; 1.2.1.2 The transcendence of the ego; 1.2.1.3 Acts, Roles, Psychic States and Emotions; 1.2.2 The Second Argument: Consciousness Is What it is Not; 1.2.2.1 Imagination; 1.2.2.2 Doubt; 1.2.2.3 Destruction; 1.2.2.4 Interrogation; 1.2.2.5 Perception; 1.2.2.6 The experience of absence; 1.3 The Nature of Freedom; 1.3.1 The Omnipotence Objection; 1.3.1.1 Limitations to freedom |
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1.3.1.1.1 Faticity1.3.1.1.2 Coefficient of adversity; 1.3.1.1.3 Situation; 1.3.1.1.4 Human condition; 1.3.1.1.5 Practcio-inert; 1.3.1.1.6 Counter-finality; 1.3.1.1.7 My relations with others; 1.3.1.2 The omnipotence objection answered; 1.3.2 The Inconsistency Objection; 1.3.2.1 Different senses of freedom; 1.3.2.1.1 Dous Sartre recognize a need to distinguish between different senses of freedom?; 1.3.2.1.2 Does Sartre in fact distinguish between different senses of freedom?; 1.3.2.1.3 Are Sartre's distinctions between different senses of freedom relevant? |
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1.3.2.1.4 Ontological freedom and pratical freedom1.3.2.1.5 An objection to Sartre's ontological freedom; 1.3.2.1.6 Some difficulties with Sartre's practical freedom; 1.3.2.2 The inconsistency objection answered; 1.3.2.2.1 Desan; 1.3.2.2.2 Merleau-Ponty; 1.3.3 The Radical Break Objection; 1.3.3.1 Sartre's Testimony; 1.3.3.2 Errors of the radical break theorists; 1.3.3.3 Radical conversion; 1.3.3.4 The radical break objection answered; 1.4 Conclusion; Chapter 2: Values; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Subjectivity of Values and the Subjectivity of Value-Judgments |
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2.2.1 The Compatibility of the Subjectivity of Values and the Objectivity of Value-Judgments2.3 Sartre's Arguments for Ethical Subjectivism; 2.3.1 The Experience of Values as Lacks -- 2.3.1.1 Criticism of the argument from the experience of values as lacks -- 2.3.2 The Distinction Between Facts and Values; 2.3.2.1 Criticism of the argument from the distinction between facts and values; 2.3.3 The Hierarchy of Projects; 2.3.3.1 Criticism of the argument from the hierarchy of projects; 2.3.4 The Nonexistence of God; 2.3.4.1 Criticism of the argument from the nonexistence of God |
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2.3.5 Irresolvable Moral Dilemmas2.3.5.1 Criticism of the argument from irresolvable moral dilemmas; 2.4 General Crticisms of Sartre's Ethical Subjectivism; 2.4.1 The Moral Equivalence of All Free Actions; 2.4.2 The Authentic Torturer Problem; 2.4.3 The Groundlessness of the Value of Authenticity; 2.4.4 The Absurdity of Total Subjectivism; 2.4.5 The Coefficient of Adversity in Our Value Experience; 2.4.6 Responsibility; 2.4.7 Anguish; 2.4.8 Repentance; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter 3: Freedom as a Value; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Sartre's Ethical Objectivism; 3.2.1 Freedom and Needs |
| Summary |
This dramatic re-evaluation of Sartre's ethical theory establishes its author as a leading American exponent of phenomenology and wins many new followers for Sartre in the English-speaking world |
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3.3 The Problem of Justification |
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 -- Ethics
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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 fast |
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Free will and determinism -- History -- 20th century
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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Ethics
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Free will and determinism
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780812698633 |
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0812698630 |
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