Introduction Meaningful work is perhaps best understood in contrast to useless toil. The dangers of repetitive, thoughtless work were noted by Adam Smith in theWealth of Nations(1970[1776]) and by Karl Marx inDas Kapital(1976[1867]). They saw how such work took away autonomy and left workers...
examine is Albert Camus's short story "L'Hôte" ("The Guest"), a work that stubbornly resists any expectation on the reader's part that it might provide explanations and solutions. It poses problems for understanding Camus's late ethics in particular and the ethics of literature in general...
Inspired by the wide resurgence of philosophical interest in virtue ethics, business and marketing ethicists have been assiduously turning their attention to virtue-based theories to improve contemporary business practice (Arjoon,2000; Bright et al.,2014; Chismar,2001; Murphy,1999; Thompson,2002; Wang...
It moves from classical thought (Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, and Epictetus) through medieval views (Augustine and Aquinas) to modern theories (Hobbes, Butler, Hume, Kant, Bentham, and Mill), culminating with leading nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers (Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre). The ...
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The English philosopher A.J. Ayer (1910 – 1989) and the American philosopher Charles Stevenson (1908 – 1979) developedContinue readingIs Ethics Relative? (Part 4–Conclusion)→ Share this: Facebook Reddit Twitter Tumblr More Subscribe to ReasonandMeaning and receive notifications of new posts by...
Crucially, Kast takes great pains to circumscribe a meaning to the f ilm. ‘But the plenitude and the beauty of the f ilm’s form can be so immediately seen, and even its enemies would so easily admit that it’s there, that at this d’un échec étroitement lié à un contexte ...
He has published about 75 papers in moral, political, and legal philosophy, most of which fall under one of three headings: the African ethic of ubuntu, dignity- based approaches to justice, and the meaning of life. His book on the latter topic, Meaning in Life: An Analytic Study, is ...
The hero, Sisyphus, pushes a heavy rock up a hill repeatedly and, despite this, Camus says that he can be happy. How? Read Existentialism in The Myth of Sisyphus | Overview & Analysis Lesson Recommended for You Video: Existential Nihilism | Definition & Philosophers Video: Nihilism vs. ...
an entire generation of young people carry anoutrageous level of student debtand face the reality that their standard of living will be lower than their parents’. And, mostobscenely, low-income Americans now have a life expectancy that is about 15 years lower than the wealthy. Poverty in Ame...