Title

The Heart of What Matters: The Role for Literature in Moral Philosophy

Authors

Anthony Cunningham, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's UniversityFollow

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Description

This work aims to show that literature has a powerful role to play in understanding life's ethical problems. It offers a critique of Kantian ethics, which has enjoyed a preeminent place in moral philosophy in the United States, arguing that it does not do justice to the reality of our lives.

ISBN

9780520226616 9780520226623

Publication Date

2001

Publisher

University of California Press

City

Berkeley, CA

Disciplines

Philosophy

Recommended Citation

Cunningham, Anthony. 2001. The heart of what matters: the role for literature in moral philosophy. Berkeley: University of California Press.