The Human Condition

by John Kekes

Book Overview

The Human Condition is a response to the growing disenchantment in the Western world with contemporary life. John Kekes provides rationally justified answers to questions about the meaning of life, the basis of morality, the contingencies of human lives, the prevalence of evil, the nature and extent of human responsibility, and the sources of values we prize. He offers a realistic view of the human condition that rejects both facile optimism and gloomy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199588880
• ISBN13: 9780199588886
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"