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010 _a 2018026322
020 _a9780190919986
_q(cloth ;
_qalk. paper)
020 _a0190919981
_q(cloth ;
_qalk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)1047634451
035 _a(coutts)cts22421082
040 _aLBSOR/DLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dOCLCO
_dOCLCF
_dCaONFJC
_dMiTN
042 _apcc
050 4 _aBJ1521
_b.K454 2019
100 1 _aKekes, John,
245 1 0 _aHard questions :
_bfacing the problems of life /
_cJohn Kekes.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bOxford University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019.
300 _axiv, 306 pages ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 300-304) and index.
505 0 _aIs there an absolute value that overrides all other considerations? -- Must we conform? -- Do we owe what our country asks of us? -- Must justice be done at all costs? -- How should we respond to evil? -- Should we forgive wrong actions? -- Does shame make life better or worse? -- Is it always good to be true to who we are? -- Do good intentions justify bad actions? -- Are moral values the highest of all values?
520 _a"The hard questions are: Is there an absolute value? Must we conform? Do we owe what our country asks of us? Is justice necessary? How should we respond to evil? Is it right to forgive wrong actions? Is shame good? Should we be true to who we are? Do good intentions justify bad actions? Should moral evaluations be overriding? These questions are hard because reasonable answers to them conflicting. The aim of this book is to show how hard questions can be reasonably answered"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aConduct of life.
650 0 _aLife.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aKekes, John, author.
_tHard questions
_dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
_z9780190919993
_w(DLC) 2018040088.
999 _c236725
_d236725