Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of 55 essays by contemporary philosophers resulting from the inaugural session of The International Society for Value Inquiry. Covering topics such as "The Devaluation of Value," "The Rationality of Pleasure-Seeking Animals," "Goethe's Moral Thinking," "The Second Death of Jean-Paul Sartre," "The Significance of Human Life after Auschwitz," and "What Can You Do with Art?" Complete with an appendix giving the history of the American Society for Value Inquiry and two additional appendices.
