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The View From Here

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Author : R. Jay Wallace
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-02-06

The View From Here written by R. Jay Wallace and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-06 with Philosophy categories.

Must we always later regret actions that were wrong for us to perform at the time? Can there ever be good reason to affirm things in the past that we know were unfortunate? In this original work of moral philosophy, R. Jay Wallace shows that the standpoint from which we look back on our lives is shaped by our present attachments-to persons, to the projects that imbue our lives with meaning, and to life itself. Through a distinctive "affirmation dynamic", these attachments commit us to affirming the necessary conditions of their objects. The result is that we are sometimes unable to regret events and circumstances that were originally unjustified or otherwise somehow objectionable. Wallace traces these themes through a range of examples. A teenage girl makes an ill-advised decision to conceive a child - but her love for the child once it has been born makes it impossible for her to regret that earlier decision. The painter Paul Gauguin abandons his family to pursue his true artistic calling (and eventual life project) in Tahiti--which means he cannot truly regret his abdication of familial responsibility. The View from Here offers new interpretations of these classic cases, challenging their treatment by Bernard Williams and others. Another example is the "bourgeois predicament": we are committed to affirming the regrettable social inequalities that make possible the expensive activities that give our lives meaning. Generalizing from such situations, Wallace defends the view that our attachments inevitably commit us to affirming historical conditions that we cannot regard as worthy of being affirmed--a modest form of nihilism.

The View From Here

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Author : Joyce Mckee
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2010-04-01

The View From Here written by Joyce Mckee and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

THE VIEW FROM HERE is a rich, compelling testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit. Frieda Berman's clear, honest story illustrates the Jewish immigrant experience, from escaping the pogroms of Russia in 1920 to fl eeing the persecution of the Nazis in Romania, to discovering love and building a home in a New Jersey suburb. Frieda bravely examines her fears, sadness and regrets with infectious candor. "Frieda Berman offers us an important historical perspective on the struggles and triumphs of women from her generation. It gave me even more appreciation for the choices and options we have available today, while giving me fi rsthand insight into the diffi culties the women of yesterday faced and the strength and courage they needed to survive." - Robyn Hatcher " What happens when the curtain of words daughter, wife, mother, grandmother is pulled back and the woman is revealed? Describing fl eeing pogroms and Nazis as a child, to living on her own for the fi rst time at age eighty-fi ve, THE VIEW FROM HERE tells the story of courage and determination to live and love in the face of crisis and loss. In the cracks of the hard life so many immigrants faced in America, Frieda recognizes "the poetry around us makes the day and the days stack up to make a life." -C.O. Moed Joyce McKee is a freelance screenwriter who lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.

The View From Here

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Author : Hannah McKinnon
language : en
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Release Date : 2020-06-02

The View From Here written by Hannah McKinnon and has been published by Atria/Emily Bestler Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-02 with Fiction categories.

From the acclaimed author of Sailing Lessons and Mystic Summer—a “charming gem of a novel” (Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author)—an evocative and moving tale about what it means to be a family, set over the course of one unforgettable Connecticut summer. Siblings Perry, Jake, and Phoebe Goodwin were raised on the shore of a beautiful Connecticut lake in a close-knit family. The eldest of the family, forty-two-year-old Perry has long craved order as surely as his charismatic younger brother, Jake, has avoided it. Phoebe, their baby sister, courts both. As adults, the Goodwin siblings could not be more different. Perry is as married to his career in New York as a risk analyst as Phoebe is to her college sweetheart, but both have returned to Connecticut to raise their young families. Charismatic Jake, however, has spent his years living away wanderlust and unable to settle. The three have not spent much time together…until this summer. On the afternoon of their grandmother’s ninety-seventh birthday party, the siblings reunite at the lake house where Jake stuns the family with a stranger on his arm and an announcement. Olivia Cossette, daughter of a French chef, does not share the traditional Goodwin New England upbringing or sense of family. What she does share is parenthood, as the single mother of a little girl who does not speak. While the Goodwin family struggle to welcome the newcomers over the course of the summer, a series of bad choices made by each family member finally unravels, leaving them all to question just what truly makes a family. Can one fateful moment on a July afternoon undo a lifetime of good intentions? Only one thing is for certain—this extraordinary summer has irrevocably changed the Goodwin family and all that remains is the uncertain future. With Hannah McKinnon’s signature “enticing and refreshing” (Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author) prose, this is a warm-hearted novel that is perfect for fans of Mary Alice Monroe’s the Beach House series and the works of Elin Hilderbrand.

The Edinburgh Review

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868

The Edinburgh Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with categories.

Hania

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Author : Henryk Sienkiewicz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897

Hania written by Henryk Sienkiewicz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Short stories, Polish categories.

The American Travellers Guides

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Author : William Pembroke Fetridge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881

The American Travellers Guides written by William Pembroke Fetridge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with Europe categories.

Chambers S Edinburgh Journal Conducted By W Chambers Continued As Chambers S Journal Of Popular Literature Science And Arts

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Author : Chambers's journal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878

Chambers S Edinburgh Journal Conducted By W Chambers Continued As Chambers S Journal Of Popular Literature Science And Arts written by Chambers's journal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with categories.

Cook S Handbook To The Health Resorts Of The South Of France And The Riviera

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Author : Cook Thomas and son, ltd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1878

Cook S Handbook To The Health Resorts Of The South Of France And The Riviera written by Cook Thomas and son, ltd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1878 with France categories.

The Mystery Of Mirbridge

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Author : James Payn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888

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Coming Home

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Author : Fern Britton
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-02-22

Coming Home written by Fern Britton and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-22 with Fiction categories.

From Sunday Times bestselling author Fern Britton comes an epic tale. Three generations of women, their lives, their loves and their longing to come home to Cornwall. ‘A heartfelt novel about family secrets and atonement’ Fanny Blake, Woman & Home