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Brian O'connor
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Princeton University Press
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April 2020
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Brian O'connor
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Princeton University Press
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April 2020
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Idleness: A Philosophical Essay
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The case for idleness as freedom from usefulness, performance, and the opinion of others
For millennia, idleness and laziness have been seen as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have entrenched it, viewing idleness as an obstacle to the ethical need people have to be autonomous, to be useful, to contribute to the social good, or simply to avoid boredom. In Idleness, the first book to challenge modern philosophy's portrayal of inactivity, Brian O'Connor argues that the case against an indifference to work and effort is flawed--and that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the highest form of freedom.
Author
Brian O'connor
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Published
April 2020
Weight
227g
Dimensions
115 x 194 x 18 mm
ISBN
9780691204505
ISBN-10
0691204500
Eden Code
5106658
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Author/Creator: Brian O'connor
ISBN: 9780691204505
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date: April 2020
Weight: 227g
Dimensions: 115 x 194 x 18 mm
Eden Code: 5106658