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oapen-20.500.12657-520402021-12-16T02:47:08Z Coping Bovens, Luc Philosophy life’s challenges philosophical essay bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPQ Ethics & moral philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy::HPC History of Western philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::Y Children's, Teenage & educational::YQ Educational material::YQZ Educational: study & revision guides Coping is a collection of philosophical essays on how we deal with life’s challenges. We hope for better times, but what is hope, and is it a good thing to hope? How do we look back and make sense of our lives in the face of death? What is the nature of love, and how do we deal with its hardships? What makes for a genuine apology, and is there too much or too little apologizing in this world? Can we bring about changes in ourselves to adapt to our circumstances? How can we make sense of all the good advice—such as, count your blessings, don’t cry over spilled milk—that people have on offer? Coping is a perfect companion text for a moral psychology course, a resilience course, or part of an ethics course. The material is written for readers who are new to philosophy and progresses in short self-contained sections. It draws on literature, music, podcasts, and news items. Each chapter has questions for discussion or essay writing and suggestions for material to explore the topic further. 2021-12-15T16:01:59Z 2021-12-15T16:01:59Z 2021 book ONIX_20211215_9781800642805_9 9781800642805 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52040 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781800642805.pdf Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0268 10.11647/OBP.0268 23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b 9781800642805 ScholarLed 172 open access
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Coping is a collection of philosophical essays on how we deal with life’s challenges. We hope for better times, but what is hope, and is it a good thing to hope? How do we look back and make sense of our lives in the face of death? What is the nature of love, and how do we deal with its hardships? What makes for a genuine apology, and is there too much or too little apologizing in this world? Can we bring about changes in ourselves to adapt to our circumstances? How can we make sense of all the good advice—such as, count your blessings, don’t cry over spilled milk—that people have on offer? Coping is a perfect companion text for a moral psychology course, a resilience course, or part of an ethics course. The material is written for readers who are new to philosophy and progresses in short self-contained sections. It draws on literature, music, podcasts, and news items. Each chapter has questions for discussion or essay writing and suggestions for material to explore the topic further.
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