| Description |
xvi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Papers from a conference series conducted under the auspices of Columbia's program of University Seminars. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
[1.] Justice and human equality: Justice -compensatory and distributive / Herbert A. Deane -- Equality, race, and preferential treatment / Paul A. Freund -- Costs of equality / Robert A. Nisbet -- Costs of inequality: in response to Robert A. Nisbet / Herbert J. Gans -- Justice, equality, and the economic system / William S. Vickrey -- Equality and fraternity: a note on subjective realities / Benjamin DeMott -- [2.] Private rights and the public good: Private rights and the public good / Charles Frankel -- Public rights and private interests: in response to Charles Frankel / Hannah Arendt -- On privacy and community / Emile Capouya -- Do rocks have rights?: thoughts on environmental ethics / Roderick Nash -- [3.] Technology and the ideal of human progress: Living with scarcity / Roger L. Shinn -- Technology of life and death / Willard Gaylin -- Biomedical progress and the limits of human health / Daniel Callahan -- Technology and the structuring of cities / David P. Billington -- Aesthetics of technology: in response to David P. Billington / Mario G. Salvadori -- [4.] War and the social order: On national frontiers: ethnic homogeneity and pluralism / William H. McNeill -- Lower middle class as historical problem / Amo J. Mayer -- Reflections on war, Utopias, and temporary systems / Elisabeth Hansot -- [5.] Education and the good society: University and American society / George W. Pierson -- University, society, and the critical temper: in response to George W. Pierson / Wm. Theodore de Bary -- Some questions in general education today / Steven Marcus -- Some inconsistent educational aims / Onora O'Neill -- Disestablished humanities / Rosemary Park -- A view from the ivory tower: in response to Rosemary Park / Robert W. Hanning -- Humanities and public policy -- A philosophic perspective / Abraham Edel. |
| Subject |
Equality -- Congresses.
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Equality. |
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Civil rights -- Congresses.
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Civil rights. |
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Technology and civilization -- Congresses.
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Technology and civilization. |
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War and society -- Congresses.
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War and society. |
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Education, Humanistic -- Congresses.
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Education, Humanistic. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Mooney, Michael.
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Stuber, Florian, 1947-
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Columbia University. University Seminars.
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| ISBN |
0231040423 |
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9780231040426 |
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