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Book SynopsisA ground-breaking study on the philosophical exploration of epiphanies by one of Britian's leading philosophers.
Trade ReviewEpiphanies is a highly distinctive and insightful contribution to contemporary moral philosophy. * Hallvard Lillehammer, Emotions: History, Culture, Society *
Chappell makes good use of comparative sociology and an extensive range of respected philosophical views. She offers a sincerely interesting account that is well written and thoughtful to make it accurate and (hopefully) significant. * Choice *
Table of Contents1: Introducing epiphanies 2: If not moral theory then what? 3: Encounters with values 4: What is it like to be a human being? 5: Soul Food: experience, art, and psychic nutrition 6: Epiphanies and other people 7: Ethical experience and other peop 8: Religion, Relativism, and the New Republic
