View from Here: On Affirmation, Attachment, and the Limits of Regret
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Must we always later regret actions that were wrong for us to perform at the time? Can there ever be good reason to affirm things in the past that we know were unfortunate? In this original work of moral philosophy, R. Jay Wallace shows that the standpoint from which we look back on our lives is shaped by our present attachments-to persons, to the projects that imbue our lives with meaning, and to life itself. Through a distinctive "affirmation dynamic",...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199941351
ISBN13:9780199941353
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:282 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"
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