Idleness: A Philosophical Essay

by Brian O'Connor

Book Overview

The case for idleness as freedom from usefulness, performance, and the opinion of others For millennia, idleness and laziness have been seen as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have entrenched it, viewing idleness as an obstacle to the ethical need people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691204500
• ISBN13: 9780691204505
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.5" x 7.6"