Philosophy, Ethics and a Common Humanity: Essays in Honour of Raimond Gaita

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Philosophy, Ethics and a Common Humanity: Essays in Honour of Raimond Gaita

Author(s): Christopher Cordner

  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publication Date: 23 Jun. 2011
  • Edition: 1st
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 248 pages
  • ISBN-10: 0415546389
  • ISBN-13: 9780415546386

Book Description

The work of Raimond Gaita, in books such as Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, A Common Humanity and The Philosopher’s Dog, has made an outstanding and controversial contribution to philosophy and to the wider culture. In this superb collection an international team of contributors explore issues across the wide range of Gaita’s thought, including the nature of good and evil, philosophy and biography, the unthinkable, Plato and ancient philosophy, Wittgenstein, the religious dimensions of Gaita’s work, aspects of the Holocaust, and aboriginal reconciliation in Australia.

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About the Author

Christopher Cordner is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His main area of interest is moral philosophy, including its Greek and Christian tributaries, and its overlap with aesthetics. He is currently writing a book called Simple Goodness.

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