Foundations of Moral Obligation: The Stockdale Course - Brossura

Brennan, Joseph Gerard

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ISBN 10: 0891415289 ISBN 13: 9780891415282

Casa editrice: Presidio Pr, 1997

Riassunto

Professor Joseph Brennan has a gift for bringing philosophy to life, making it a practical tool for evaluating day-to-day decisions as well as the great issues of our times. Morality and ethics have never been more necessary than in our brave, new world order of downsizing, intolerance, corruption, sexism, racism and all other "isms".
About the Stockdale Course: Shot down over North Vietnam, U.S. Navy pilot James Stockdale spent seven and a half years as a prisoner of the communists. Although he was systematically tortured and brainwashed, Stockdale resisted his captors, led and sustained his fellow prisoners, and remained loyal to the principles he had joined the navy to defend. That incredible moral strength in adversity earned him the Medal of Honor. He found the inspiration to go on by recalling the teachings of Epictetus, an ancient Roman Stoic philosopher whom he had studied in college. After his release from captivity, Stockdale became president of the Naval War College, where he established and team-taught a course with Professor Brennan on ethics. The class was extremely popular because it made philosophy relevant to the needs of professional military men and women. Professor Brennan's lectures ultimately became the basis for this book.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Joseph Gerard Brennan is emeritus professor of philosophy at Columbia University's Barnard College.

Product Description:

Book by Brennan Joseph

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Presidio Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0891415289
• ISBN 13: 9780891415282
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 298