Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues (The Paul Carus Lectures)

To flourish, humans need to develop virtues of independent thought and acknowledged social dependence. In this book, a leading moral philosopher presents a comparison of humans to other animals and explores the impact of these virtues.

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• Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry: Encyclopaedia, Genealogy, and Tradition
• Classics of Political and Moral Philosophy
• Vulnerable Communion: A Theology of Disability and Hospitality
• Arthur's Call: A Journey of Faith in the Face of Severe Learning Disability
• The Trial and Death of Socrates
• Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, and Ethics
• Theories of Human Nature: Classical and Contemporary Readings