In Search of Humanity
Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin
Contributions by Ryan K. Balot, Timothy W. Burns, Paul A. Cantor University of Virginia, Brent Edwin Cusher, Donald Forbes, Steven Forde University of North Texas, Bryan-Paul Frost, Kenneth Hart Green, Ran Halévi, L. Joseph Hebert, Henry Higuera, Robert Howse, S. N. Jaffe, Christopher Kelly, Michael S. Kochin, Noah Lawrence, Mark J. Lutz, Arthur M. Melzer, Jeffrey Metzger, Miguel Morgado, Waller R. Newell, Michael Palmer, Lorraine Smith Pangle, Thomas L. Pangle, Marc F. Plattner, William B. Parsons, Linda R. Rabieh, Andrea Radasanu, Michael Rosano, Diana J. Schaub Loyola University Maryland, Susan Meld Shell, Nathan Tarcov, Richard Velkley Edited by Andrea Radasanu
Publication date:
18 March 2015Length of book:
562 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksDimensions:
234x161mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780739184165
This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more prominent other-regarding virtues like justice and generosity, humanity and later compassion become the true north of the modern moral compass. Contributors to this volume consider various aspects of this virtue, by comparison with what came before and with attention to its development from early to late modernity, and up to the present.
It is uncommon to encounter a Festschrift honoring a scholar who has authored only one book—albeit an outstanding one—even when his work also includes numerous important scholarly articles on various topics. The diverse and generally excellent contributions to the present substantial volume make clear why Clifford Orwin is an exception to that rule. . . . The contributions to this volume attest to a life, and career, well lived.