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A Philosophical Defense of Misanthropy

A Philosophical Defense of Misanthropy

by Toby Svoboda
A Philosophical Defense of Misanthropy

A Philosophical Defense of Misanthropy

by Toby Svoboda

Overview

This book argues that it can be both reasonable and appropriate to adopt a certain kind of misanthropy. The author defends a cognitivist version of misanthropy, an attitude whose central feature is the judgment that humanity is morally bad.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032038605
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/27/2024
Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
Pages: 132
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Toby Svoboda is an associate professor of philosophy at Fairfield University, USA. He is the author of The Ethics of Climate Engineering (Routledge, 2017) and Duties Regarding Nature (Routledge, 2015).

Table of Contents

1. Introducing Misanthropy 2. The Example of Schopenhauer 3: The Ethics of Misanthropy 4. Arguing for Cognitivist Misanthropy 5. Objections to Cognitivist Misanthropy 6. Misanthropy and Non-Human Nature 7. Living as Misanthropists

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