Ethical Idealism: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Function of Ideals

University of California Press (1987)
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Is it rational to strive for the unattainable? In this short and provocative study, Nicholas Rescher vigorously defends both the rationality and practicality of seriously pursuing impossible dreams.

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