ISBN: 9780140121742

[Matthew]

The page count for this edition is 195 (WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/263166...)

The description of the book from the back cover is:

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There is no single conception of the good life, claims Stuart Hampshire, that is acceptable to everybody. The 'innocent' virtues of gratitude, gentleness and generosity, as Machiavelli pointed out, may be admirable in private life, but they are disastrous in a politician. While moral philosophers search in vain for an imaginary consensus, justice in the real world is always a compromise between competing claims.

This dazzling book draws on Hampshire's intensive study of thinkers from Aristotle, Hume and Kant to Nietzsche, Rawls and Rousseau, as well as his firsthand experience of the Great Depression, appeasement and Nazi domination. It explores the significance of sex, art, memory and imagination. Above all, it offers a rich and moving discussion of the perennial issues of good and evil.

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Thanks, Matthew

[Nyx]

Matthew wrote: "The page count for this edition is 195 (WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/263166...)

The description of the book from the back cover is:

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Done.