Naturalness: Is the "Natural" Preferable to the "Artificial"?
Dieter Birnbacher, David Carus
InNaturalness, Dieter Birnbacher delves into an argument common in everyday thinking and ethics—the argument ofnaturalness. This argument suggests that what is natural is in some ways superior to what is artificial, due to repeated positive connotations associated with the natural. This book presents both a phenomenology and a critique. For the former,Naturalnessreviews the role of naturalistic arguments in various domains of everyday language and reasoning as well as in political and ethical debates, especially regarding controversial issues in preservation. For the latter, it critically discusses the persuasiveness ofnaturalness, both intellectually and morally, and how it is currently no more than an expression of conservatism and resistance to change in basic orientations.
年:
2014
出版:
Reprint
出版社:
University Press of America
语言:
english
页:
186
ISBN 10:
0761863494
ISBN 13:
9780761863496
文件:
PDF, 1.08 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2014