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050	1	4	_aHM 756 _bL138c 2003
100	1		_aLachs, John.
245	1	2	_aA community of individuals / _cJohn Lachs.
260			_aNew York : _bRoutledge, _c2003.
300			_a221 p. ; _c24 cm.
440		4	_aThe Routledge American philosophy series
500			_aThis collection of philosophical essays discusses a range of key personal and social issues relevant to professionals and academics alike.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.
505			_aIntellectuals and courage -- Reflections on philosophy -- Teaching as a calling -- Education in the twenty-first century -- What humans did not make -- Valuational species -- Improving life -- Transcendence in philosophy and everyday life -- The vague hope of immortality -- Both better off and better : moral progress amid continuing carnage -- The significance of purposes for bioethics -- Grand dreams of perfect people -- Researchers and their subjects as neighbors -- Dying old as a social problem -- The insignificance of individuals -- Santayana as pragmatist -- Neoplatonic elements in the spiritual life -- Peirce : inquiry as social life -- Peirce and Santayana on purposes -- Metaphysics and the social construction of human nature.
650		0	_aCommunities _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aIndividualism.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, American.
650		4	_aComunidades.
650		4	_aFilosofía.
650		4	_aIndividualismo.
650		4	_aFilosofía americana.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2003268750-d.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1102/2003268750-b.html
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