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E-book Coping : A Philosophical Guide

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You have probably heard Reinhold Niebuhr’s serenity prayer in some version or other: ‘God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.’ It’s clever and touching, but there is a bit of a false dichotomy. There is often very little we can do to make changes to the world, and yet we do not just simply sit back and accept. There is something in the space between courage and serenity. We try to cope and there are a range of strategies to make the world around us easier to bear and, dare I say, even enjoyable. I cover six themes: hope, death, love, reconciliation, self-management, and counsel. Clinging to hope is one way to cope. Hoping for better times keeps us in the game. And even in the face of death, hope does not dissipate and comes in many hues. From the end of life, we move to the springs of life, and give some thought to love in its many variants and with all its trials and tribulations. When there are breakdowns in the social fabric, we need rituals of reconciliation—offering and accepting apologies and asking for and granting forgiveness. To make life more palatable, we can also focus on making changes within ourselves. These are strategies of self-management. And to conclude, there are all kinds of counsel on offer, aiming to boost our spirits and make life more joyful. Let us look at each of these themes in turn. Hope. What is it to hope for something? A core feature of hope is that the prospect engages our imagination. Should we give free rein to hope? Emily Dickinson, in her poems ‘Hope is the thing with feathers’ and ‘Hope is a subtle glutton,’ was of two minds. When is it a thing with feathers—or, in other words, when is it wise to hope? When is it foolish to hope—when should we banish that subtle glutton? Can we only hope for things that we truly want? Or might we sometimes find ourselves with shameful and petty hopes that do not match our genuine desires? There are many attitudes in hope’s neighborhood: How is hoping different from, say, being hopeful? And finally, what’s with the audacity of hope in the title of Barack Obama’s book? What is so audacious about hoping?

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

170 BOV c

Penerbit

London : Open Book Publishers., 2021

Deskripsi Fisik

175 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781800642805

Klasifikasi

170

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Ethics, Moral Philosophy

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