Imagination, Understanding, and the Virtue of Liberality - Softcover

Norton, David L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847681289 ISBN 13: 9780847681280

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

Current debates over multiculturalism often pit those who believe that every perspective should be represented against those who hold fast to the notion of a universal "common ground." In this timely and original work, David L. Norton persuasively argues for the power of a "transcendental imagination," that is, an imagination that can go beyond itself to gain another's perspective without necessarily assimilating that perspective. Imagination, Understanding, and the Virtue of Liberality will be an important work for all intellectuals and very useful in courses that address multiculturalism.

About this title

About the Author

David L. Norton (1930-1995) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. Among his previous books is Democracy and Moral Development: A Politics of Virtue (University of California Press, 1991).

Review

^RImagination, Understanding, and the Virtue of Liberality^I will be an important work for all intellectuals and very useful in courses that address multiculturalism. (Sbe Newsletter)

A brisk yet subtle analysis of human perspectivity... Here is a book one might choose to live by. (Eva Brann)

...elegant and insightful. (Ellen Kappy Suckiel)

The book presents a thoughtful, urbane and mature argument for appreciating the lives and ideas of differing others. Norton's philosophically sophisticated expression of his passion for seeing things from a multiplicity of perspectives makes for exciting and enlightening reading. (John Lachs)

Norton has read widely and draws distinctions that advance his position with great skill. He write clearly and simply....Every college library should include this book. (Choice)

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0847681289
• ISBN 13: 9780847681280
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 140