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Paperback / softback. New. <br /> In his 2010 book <i>What Is a Person?,</i> Christian Smith argued that sociology had for too long neglected this fundamental question. Prevailing social theories, he wrote, do not adequately âcapture our deep subjective experience as persons, crucial dimensions of the richness of our own lived lives, what thinkers in previous ages might have called our âsoulsâ or âhearts.ââ Building on Smithâs previous work, <i>To Flourish or Destruct</i> examines the motivations intrinsic to this subjective experience: Why do people do what they do? How can we explain the activity that gives rise to all human social life and social structures?<br /> Â <br /> Smith argues that our actions stem from a motivation to realize what he calls natural human goods: ends that are, by nature, constitutionally good for…
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To Flourish or Destruct: A Personalist Theory of Human Goods, Motivations, Failure, and Evil Paperback - 2021
by Christian Smith
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- Title To Flourish or Destruct: A Personalist Theory of Human Goods, Motivations, Failure, and Evil
- Author Christian Smith
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 384
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date 2021-02-06
- Illustrated Yes
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- ISBN 9780226759920 / 022675992X
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.79 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.01 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Sociological
- Dewey Decimal Code 153.8
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