William J. Carroll Poradie kníh

In an age where appearances are often substituted for what really is, deception and falsity for honesty and truth, this metaphysics book takes things 'as they actually are' and discovers that reality 'is' actuality (which as subsistent is God), that philosophical knowledge in its content is caused by what is known and is objectively true. It considers goodness and beauty, human existents as individual, relational units (e.g., the family), agents and goals, chance and evil. It is in contrast with Sartrean existentialism, process philosophy, linguistic analysis, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and deconstructionism.

In an age of rapidly expanding technology, we are constantly confronted by the reality that our technology has outstripped our ethical decision making abilities. Central to this problem is the importance and respect attached to the individual. But what is the origin of this notion? Why is the individual considered distinctive? This book presents essays by prominent scholars on the origin of the idea of the individuality of human beings through literature, philosophy, religion, and the arts.