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Albert Borgmann: Real American ethics: taking responsibility for our country

University of Chicago Press, 2006, 232 pp, ISBN-10: 0226066347

Author: Paul T. Durbin

Published in: AI & SOCIETY | Issue 2/2017

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This book, Real American Ethics, by Borgmann (2006), is another of his masterpieces, in my opinion. The emphasis is on a “real” ethic, unlike other attempts to produce ethical approaches or systems that he finds not to be down-to-earth enough. …

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Title: Albert Borgmann: Real American ethics: taking responsibility for our country
University of Chicago Press, 2006, 232 pp, ISBN-10: 0226066347
Author: Paul T. Durbin
Publication date: 03-09-2015
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: AI & SOCIETY / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0951-5666
Electronic ISSN: 1435-5655
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-015-0607-6

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