Description
This is a summary of the book, "Reflections on How We Live." The book is written by Annette Baier and it discusses a wide range of topics such as patriotism, toleration, and what we owe future people. Baier also discusses topics such as honesty, self-knowledge, hope, sympathy, and self-trust. She also offers personal reflections on faces, friendship, and alienating affection.
The pioneering moral philosopher Annette Baier presents a series of new and recent essays in ethics, broadly conceived to include both engagements with other philosophers and personal meditations on life. Baier's unique voice and insight illuminate a wide range of topics. In the public sphere, she enquires into patriotism, what we owe future people, and what toleration we should have for killing. In the private sphere, she discusses honesty, self-knowledge, hope, sympathy, and self-trust, and offers personal reflections on faces, friendship, and alienating affection.