Exploring the world of human practice : readings in and about the philosophy of Aurel Kolnai /

Other Authors: Balázs, Zoltán.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Francis Dunlop
  • I. Papers by Kolnai
  • What Is Politics About?
  • A Note on the Meaning of Right and Wrong
  • Erroneous Conscience
  • Are There Degrees of Ethical Universality?
  • The Concept of Practical Error
  • Actions and Inactions
  • Agency and Freedom
  • The Indispensability of Philosophy
  • II. Papers about Kolnai's Work
  • The Ethical Theories of Aurel Kolnai / John Beach
  • Kolnai's Mature Political Philosophy / Lee Congdon
  • The Democratic Subversion of Political Liberty and Participation / John P. Hittinger
  • Liberty, Equality, Nobility : Aurel Kolnai and the Moral Foundations of Democracy / Daniel J. Mahoney
  • Aurel Kolnai : A Political Philosopher Confronts the Scourge of Our Epoch / Pierre Manent
  • Aurel Kolnai and Utopia / David Wiggins
  • Aims in Games and Moral Purposes / Lorand Ambrus-Lakatos
  • Kolnai and Kant on (Human) Dignity / Zoltan Balazs
  • Kolnai's Dissertation "Der ethische Wert und die Wirklichkeit" : A "Completion" of Scheler's Value-Ethics / Francis Dunlop
  • The Nature and Scope of Ordinary Morality : Some Reflections in the Spirit of Aurel Kolnai / M.W.F. Stone
  • Is Love Intertwined with Hatred? / Andreas Dorschel
  • Kolnai's Idea of Emotional Presentation / Thomas Norgaard
  • Aurel Kolnai's "Disgust" : A Source in the Art and Writing of Salvador Dali / Robert Radford.