Reflections on how we live /
Annette C. Baier.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
- ix, 275 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliogr. references and index.
The rights of past and future persons ; For the sake of future generations ; Discrimin.ite death-dealing: who may kill whom, and how? ; Can philosophers be patriots? ; Why honesty is a hard virtue postscript ; Getting in touch with our own feelings ; How to get to know one's own mind: some simple ways ; The moral perils of intimacy ; Feelings that matter ; Demoralization, trust, and the virtues ; Sympathy and self-trust ; Putting hope in its place ; How to lose friends: some simple ways ; Alienating affection ; Faces, and other body parts ; Other minds: jottings towards an intellectual self-image.