Idleness: A Philosophical Essay
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The case for idleness as freedom from usefulness, performance, and the opinion of others For millennia, idleness and laziness have been seen as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have entrenched it, viewing idleness as an obstacle to the ethical need people...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0691204500
ISBN13:9780691204505
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 4.5" x 7.6"
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