Suffering and the Beneficent Community - Beyond Libertarianism

This book grounds ethics in the capacity for suffering shared by all sentient beings, and sees the avoidance and amelioration of suffering as the prima facie condition of moral interaction. Loewy sees social contract as originating in the original nurturing of individuals, and selfhood and autonomy as emerging in the embrace of beneficence. Communities thus have an implicit obligation to their members, which necessitates a just distribution of resources.

About the author

Erich H. Loewy is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois, College of Medicine at Peoria, and is Associate Professor of Humanities and Associate, Graduate Faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Product details

• Authors: Erich H Loewy, Erich H. Loewy
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.1991
• EAN: 9780791407462
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-0746-2
• No. of pages: 139
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Series: Suny Series in Feminist Critic; Suny Series in Feminist Critic; Suny Ethical Theory
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works