¿En qué medida restringen nuestra libertad y en qué medida permiten nuestra individualidad? ¿Es la diversidad de valor en sí misma? ¿Se ha exagerado la retórica de los derechos humanos? Kwame Anthony Appiah recurre a pensadores de todas las épocas y de todo el mundo para explorar estas cuestiones, desarrollando una explicación de la ética que conecta las obligaciones morales con las lealtades colectivas y que apunta a clichés e ideas recibidas sobre la identidad.
Breve descrição (POR)
Até que ponto restringem a nossa liberdade e até que ponto permitem a nossa individualidade? A diversidade é valiosa por si só? A retórica dos direitos humanos foi exagerada? Kwame Anthony Appiah recorre a pensadores de todos os tempos e de todo o mundo para explorar estas questões, desenvolvendo uma abordagem de ética que liga obrigações morais a lealdades colectivas e que visa clichés e ideias recebidas sobre identidade.
Full description (ENG)
Collective identities such as race, nationality, religion, gender, and sexuality clamor for recognition and respect, sometimes at the expense of other things we value. To what extent do they constrain our freedom, and to what extent do they enable our individuality? Is diversity of value in itself? Has the rhetoric of human rights been overstretched? Kwame Anthony Appiah draws on thinkers through the ages and across the globe to explore such questions, developing an account of ethics that connects moral obligations with collective allegiances and that takes aim at clichés and received ideas about identity. This classic book takes seriously both the claims of individuality—the task of making a life—and the claims of identity, these large and often abstract social categories through which we define ourselves.
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