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020			_a9781107543027
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100			_aFreyenhagen, Fabian
245			_aAdorno's practical philosophy : living less wrongly
260			_bCambridge University Press, _c2013 _aCambridge :
300			_axv, 285 p. ; _c23 cm
365			_b22.99 _cGBP _d108.40
490			_aModern European philosophy
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAdorno notoriously asserted that there is no 'right' life in our current social world. This assertion has contributed to the widespread perception that his philosophy has no practical import or coherent ethics, and he is often accused of being too negative. Fabian Freyenhagen reconstructs and defends Adorno's practical philosophy in response to these charges. He argues that Adorno's deep pessimism about the contemporary social world is coupled with a strong optimism about human potential, and that this optimism explains his negative views about the social world, and his demand that we resist and change it. He shows that Adorno holds a substantive ethics, albeit one that is minimalist and based on a pluralist conception of the bad - a guide for living less wrongly. His incisive study does much to advance our understanding of Adorno, and is also an important intervention into current debates in moral philosophy.
650			_aRight life
650			_aDeep pessimism
650			_aOptimism
650			_aMoral Philosophy
650			_aHerman potential
650			_aNegative ethics
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