The Geography of Good and Evil: Philosophical Investigations
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The Geography of Good and Evil: Philosophical Investigations

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ISI Books' Crosscurrents series makes available in English-usually for the first time-new translations of both classic and contemporary works by authors working within, or with crucial importance for, the conservative, religious, and humanist intellectual traditions.
Hardcover, 300 pages
Published August 15th 2009 by Intercollegiate Studies Institute (first published 2005)
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Sskous
Jan 10, 2010 Sskous rated it 5 of 5 stars
this book is great. i admit it might not have a great shelf appeal to masses of folks, but if you'd like to understand why traditional virtue ehtics is a better approach to good and evil and right and wrong that the contemporary ideas that pass for theories (and pass away as quickly as they arrive because they have no sustaining power in them, then this book's foryou. Kinneging argues that honor is the prize of hte virtues. I loved this idea. Once had a student in my ethics class who asked me to...more
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This is the book that I edited for ISI Books.
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Michael
Jun 03, 2010 Michael rated it 4 of 5 stars
This is great book that discusses that traditional and ancient idea of good and evil is ere absolute, unchanging and universal categories inherent in creation itself. They are not to be invented, but discovered.Kinneging skillfully reformulates and defends the insights of traditional thinking, demonstrating how an objective morality is to be understood and how we can know what morality demands of us. He also contrasts the traditional, natural law view of the family with the modern view. A GOOD R...more
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