Check it out @ the library - new book: From Enlightenment to Receptivity: Rethinking Our Values, by Michael Slote. The philosophical thought of the 17th & 18th century Enlightenment was marked by an emphasis on reason and autonomy. Slote rejects what he considers this over-emphasis as well as the post-modernist rejection of reason and actual value in favor a more balanced approach that encompasses reason, value, and receptivity. More than emotion and empathy, receptivity is the foundation on which emotion and empathy rest that helps give us a better picture of ourselves epistemologically and ethically.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 16:07:43 +0000
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