Kindness and the good society : connections of the heart / William S. Hamrick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamrick, William S.

Series:

SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kindness.

Virtues.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the 2004 Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology presented by the Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology with interest from a fund raised from Professor Ballard's family, students, and friendsKindness and the Good Society utilizes phenomenology and a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional sources to provide the first comprehensive account of kindness in any genre of philosophy. Remarkably rich in descriptive detail and drawing upon a wide range of examples, including literary sources, current affairs, and traditional philosophical texts, Hamrick's book rescues kindness from the purposeful neglect of deontological and utilitarian ethical theories. Beginning with an account of the personal and social areas of ethical and moral comportment, Hamrick addresses what is not intuitively obvious about kindness and its opposite, details a critical kindness that avoids both naiveté as well as popular cynicism, and guides us toward a new notion of aesthetic humanism.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I

Acts and Omissions

Personal Kindness

The Agency Of Kindness

Social Atmospheres,Technology, and Nature

Institutions and Community

Part II

The Hermeneutic Challenge

Ideologies

Critical Kindness: Toward an Aesthetic Humanism

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780791489147

0791489140

9780585476223

0585476225

OCLC:

61367555