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1. Friendship, Altruism and Morality (Routledge Revivals)

   By Laurence A. Blum

   Friendship, Altruism, and Morality, originally published in 1980, gives an account of "altruistic emotions" (compassion, sympathy, concern) and friendship that brings out their moral value. Blum argues that moral theories centered on rationality, universal principle, obligation, and impersonality...

   Published December 17th 2009 by Routledge
2. A Truer Liberty (Routledge Revivals)

   Simone Weil and Marxism

   By Laurence A. Blum, Victor Seidler

   Simone Weil — philosopher, trade union militant, factory worker — developed a penetrating critique of Marxism and a powerful political philosophy which serves an alternative both to liberalism and to Marxism. In A Truer Liberty, originally published in 1989, Blum and Seidler show how Simone Weil’s...

   Published November 11th 2009 by Routledge