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Author Jewett, Hilary

Title Humanities and Public Life
Published Bronx : Fordham University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages)
Contents ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Ordinary, Incredulous""; ""PART ONE. IS THERE AN ETHICS OF READING?""; ""Poetry, Injury, and the Ethics of Reading""; ""The Ethics of Reading""; ""Responses and Discussion""; ""Kwame Anthony Appiah""; ""Jonathan Culler""; ""Derek Attridge""; ""Discussion""; ""PART TWO. THE ETHICS OF READING AND THE PROFESSIONS""; ""The Raw and the Half-Cooked""; ""Conquering the Obstacles to Kingdom and Fate: The Ethics of Reading and the University Administrator""; ""Responses and Discussion""; ""Richard Sennett""; ""Michael Roth""
""William Germano""""Discussion""; ""PART THREE. THE HUMANITIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS""; ""The Call of AnotherĂ¢â‚¬?s Words""; ""On Humanities and Human Rights""; ""Responses and Discussion""; ""Kim Lane Scheppele""; ""Didier Fassin""; ""Discussion""; ""Concluding Discussion""; ""Notes""; ""List of Contributors""
Summary Is there an ethics of reading, and is this something that the interpretive humanities can and should to contribute to other professional fields, including law, and to public life?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects
Humanities -- Moral and ethical aspects
Reading -- Moral and ethical aspects
Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects
Humanities -- Moral and ethical aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Brooks, Peter
ISBN 9780823257065
0823257061