{"product_id":"meditations-for-the-humanist-ethics-for-a-secular-age-paperback","title":"Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. C. Grayling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Magnanimity is in short supply,\" writes A. C. Grayling is this wonderfully incisive book, \"but it is the main ingredient in everything that makes the world a better place\" And indeed \u003cem\u003eMeditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age\u003c\/em\u003e is itself a generous, insightful, wide-ranging, \u003cbr\u003emagnanimous inquiry into the philosophical and ethical questions that bear most strongly on the human condition. \u003cbr\u003e Containing nearly fifty linked commentaries on topics ranging from love, lying, perseverance, revenge, racism, religion, history, loyalty, health, and leisure, \u003cem\u003eMeditations for the Humanist\u003c\/em\u003e does not offer definitive statements but rather prompts to reflection. These brief essays serve as\u003cbr\u003espringboards to the kind of thoughtful examination without which, as Socrates famously claimed, life is not worth living. As Graying notes in his introduction, \"It is not necessary to arrive at polished theories on all these subjects, but it is necessary to give them at least a modicum of thought if\u003cbr\u003eone's life is to have some degree of shape and direction.\" The book is divided into three sections-Virtues and Attributes, Foes and Fallacies, and Amenities and Goods-and within these sections essays are grouped into related clusters. But each piece can be read alone and each is characterized by\u003cbr\u003ebrevity, wit, and a liveliness of mind that recalls the best of Montaigne and Samuel Johnson. Grayling's own perspective on these subjects is broadened and deepened by liberal quotations from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Byron, Twain, Proust, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Luther King, Jr., and many\u003cbr\u003eothers.\u003cbr\u003e For those wishing to explore ethical issues outside the framework of organized religious belief, \u003cem\u003eMeditations for the Humanist\u003c\/em\u003e offers an inviting map to the country of philosophical reflection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA. C. Grayling\u003c\/strong\u003e teaches philosophy at the University of London. He writes a weekly column \"The Last Word\" for \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and is a frequent contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLingua Franca\u003c\/em\u003e. The author of a biography of William Hazlitt and several introductions to philosophy, Mr. Grayling lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753922101536,"sku":"9780195168907","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/95ebdc8f09585a567cb43f1439becbb4.webp?v=1780029626","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/meditations-for-the-humanist-ethics-for-a-secular-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}