Essential care : an ethics of human nature / Leonardo Boff ; translation and notes, Alexandre Guilherme.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boff, Leonardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caring.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Place of Publication:

Waco, TX : Baylor University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume draws on myth, science, and many faiths in Boffs passionate plea for care

Contents:

CONTENTS; Note to reader; Foreword - Tamagochi and care; 1 Carelessness: a sign of our times; 2 To care: the ethos of the human being; 3 The fable-myth about 'care'; 4 An ingenious slave: Gaius Julius Hyginus; 5 Explaining the fable-myth about care; 6 Dimensions of care; 7 The nature of care; 8 Resonances of care; 9 Concretizations of care; 10 Pathologies of care; 11 Exemplary figures of care; Conclusion: to care and the future of thedispossessed of the earth; Glossary; Notes and further reading; Index

Notes:

First published: London : SPCK, c2007.

Translated from the Portuguese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611299019

9781281299017

1281299014

9781602581654

1602581657

9781435632271

1435632273

OCLC:

476133570