The Examined Life
Author | Robert Nozick |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Philosophy |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 1989 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 308 |
ISBN | 0-671-72501-7 |
The Examined Life is a 1989 collection of philosophical meditations by the philosopher Robert Nozick.[1] The book drew a number of critical reactions.
Summary
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The book is an attempt to "tackle human nature, the personal, 'the holiness of everyday life' and its meaning."[2] Nozick expresses his concerns with libertarianism and proposes some form of inheritance taxation.[3][4]
Reception
Denis Donoghue praised The Examined Life in The Wilson Quarterly, but stated that it had some passages that were less strong than others.[5] The journalist Jane O'Grady called the work "disappointingly schmaltzy" in The Guardian.[2]
In The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2005), the philosopher Anthony Quinton described The Examined Life as "unkindly treated".[6]
Notes
- ^ Capaldi, Nicholas (1998). The Enlightenment Project in the Analytic Conversation. Springer. p. 371. ISBN 9780792350149.
- ^ a b O' Grady, Jane (January 26, 2002). "Robert Nozick: Leftwing political philosopher whose rightward shift set the tone for the Reagan-Thatcher era". The Guardian.
- ^ Wolff, Jonathan (1991). Robert Nozick: Property, Justice and the Minimal State. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 156. ISBN 0-8047-1856-3.
- ^ Guido Erreygers, Toon Vandevelde (1997). Is Inheritance Legitimate?: Ethical and Economic Aspects of Wealth Transfers. Springer. p. 8. ISBN 9783540627258.
- ^ Donoghue, Denis (Spring 1990). "The Examined Life: Philosophical Meditations by Robert Nozick (review)". The Wilson Quarterly. 14 (2): 92–94. JSTOR 40258049.
- ^ Quinton, Anthony (2005). Honderich, Ted (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 740. ISBN 0-19-926479-1.