John Lach's practical philosophy / Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skowroński, Krzysztof Piotr.

Series:

Value Inquiry Book Series 315.

Value Inquiry Book Series / Central European Value Studies ; 315

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, American.

Philosophers--United States.

Philosophers.

Lachs, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 348 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, 2018.

Summary:

John Lachs (1934-) has been one of the most interesting American philosophers for nearly sixty years. His philosophical, educational, and public activity has been an attempt to show the relevance of philosophy to life. This is the first book dedicated to his thought. International scholars have proposed different themes in Lachs’ philosophy, so as to present its enormous potential. Lachs’ responses to his critics shows that dialogue with his critics is an inspirational activity for both sides. Lachs’ way of philosophizing can be seen as exemplary for those who want to unify and present a clear and understandable articulation of moral and philosophical messages to everyone.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Reference

Prologue

The Practice of Philosophizing

Lachs on Transcendence: Art’s Relation to the Life of Reason / Michael Hodges

Thinking in the World: Expanding the Practical Uses of Philosophy / Kelly A. Parker

Practical Posthumanism in the Philosophy of John Lachs / Phillip McReynolds

John Lachs’s Relativism in Philosophical Education as Seen from a Practical Perspective / Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński

John Lachs, Meaningful Effort, and the Broken World / Charles Padrón

Philosophical Relationships

Lachs, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness / Andrew Fiala

Lachs vs. Santayana / Richard Marc Rubin

The Unadulterated Joy and the Pressure of Obligations in John Lachs’s Philosophy / Nóra Horváth

Stoic Pragmatism

How Stoic is Lachs’s Pentapharmakos? / Daniel Pinkas

Toward an Ontology for Stoic Pragmatism / Griffin Trotter

Self-Respect, Positive Power, and Stoic Pragmatism: Rawls, Dewey, and Lachs on Justice and Happiness / Eric Thomas Weber

‘Raisins in the Bread of Life’: On the Practical Joys of Lachs’s Stoic Pragmatism / Shannon Sullivan

Anthropology, Social Ethics, and Bioethics

The Unlived Life: The Main Nemesis of the Examined Life / Vincent Colapietro

Are Acts of Institutions Really Fully Analyzable into the Constituent Actions of Human Beings? / Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley

Mediation and Its Discontents / Michael Brodrick

Facing Death: Preparing for Dying as a Social Process / Patrick Shade

John Lachs on Happiness and Individuality / Matthew Caleb Flamm

Addendum

Immediacy and the Future / Phil Oliver

Death and Self-Importance / John Lachs.

ISBN:

90-04-36764-0

OCLC:

1031419126

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004367647 DOI