The Battle for Compassion :: Ethics in an Apathetic Universe.

Six hundred years after Copernicus presented his revolutionary and heretical heliocentric theory, a sunset can still look unexpectedly new. What if the fate of our world depended on a similar shift in perspective?. Synthesizing recent thinking from science, philosophy, psychology and economics with...

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Main Author: Leighton, Jonathan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Algora Pub., 2011.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Six hundred years after Copernicus presented his revolutionary and heretical heliocentric theory, a sunset can still look unexpectedly new. What if the fate of our world depended on a similar shift in perspective?. Synthesizing recent thinking from science, philosophy, psychology and economics with the author's own reflections on freedom, identity and morality, The Battle for Compassion offers a fresh, sweeping perspective on the human condition and a deep contemplation of the basis for our priorities at this critical moment in our history. The threats to our existence and the persistence of i.
Item Description:1. Prologue.
Physical Description:1 online resource (262 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780875868721
087586872X