Place of Prejudice - A Case for Reasoning Within the World

We associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. Can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, properly understood, is not an obstacle to clear thinking but an essential aspect of it. The aspiration to reason without preconceptions is misguided.

About the author

Adam Adatto Sandel is a philosopher, Guinness World Record holder for Most Pull-Ups in One Minute, and an award-winning teacher. Author of the critically acclaimed book The Place of Prejudice: A Case for Reasoning within the World, Sandel has taught at Harvard University and is currently an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn.

Summary

We associate prejudice with ignorance and bigotry and consider it a source of injustice. Can prejudice have a legitimate place in moral and political judgment? Adam Sandel shows that prejudice, properly understood, is not an obstacle to clear thinking but an essential aspect of it. The aspiration to reason without preconceptions is misguided.

Product details

• Authors: Sandel, Adam Adatto Sandel, Sandel Adam Adatto
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2014
• EAN: 9780674726840
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72684-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Hermeneutics, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought