{"title":"Books by Harry G. Frankfurt","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780521336116","title":"The Importance of What We Care About","description":"This 1988 volume is a collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind. The essays deal with such central topics as freedom of the will, moral responsibility, the concept of a person, the structure of the will, the nature of action, the constitution of the self, and the theory of personal ideals. By focusing on the distinctive nature of human freedom, Professor Frankfurt is able to explore fundamental problems of what it is to be a person and of what one should care about in life.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56290511126901,"sku":"9780521336116","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780521336116_3090041c-b0e9-46b4-b33f-2acc3422a087.jpg?v=1786013994"},{"product_id":"9780691276786","title":"On Bullshit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver one million copies sold worldwide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe international and #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe anniversary edition of the acclaimed book that reveals why bullshit is more dangerous than lying\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most prominent features of our world is that there is so much bullshit. Yet we have no clear understanding of what bullshit is, how it’s different from lying, what purposes it serves, and what it means. In his acclaimed bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Bullshit\u003c\/i\u003e, which was featured on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, Harry Frankfurt, who was one of the world’s most influential moral philosophers, explores one of the most serious problems of our politics and our world. This twentieth anniversary edition features a postscript in which Frankfurt emphasizes that “indifference to the truth is extremely dangerous.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith his characteristic combination of philosophical acuity, psychological insight, and wry humor, Frankfurt argues that bullshitters misrepresent themselves to their audience not as liars do—that is, by deliberately making false claims about what’s true. Rather, bullshitters seek to convey a certain impression of themselves without being concerned about whether anything at all is true. They quietly change the rules governing the conversation so that claims about truth and falsity are irrelevant. Although bullshit can take innocent forms, excessive indulgence in it can eventually undermine the bullshitter’s capacity to tell the truth in a way that lying doesn’t. Liars at least acknowledge that the truth matters. Because of this, Frankfurt says, “bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemarkably prescient and insightful, \u003ci\u003eOn Bullshit \u003c\/i\u003eis a small book that explains a great deal about our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294087721333,"sku":"9780691276786","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691276786_2d4bb0b8-18a3-4c6c-929a-43f4da53b2df.jpg?v=1786014652"},{"product_id":"9780691191478","title":"The Reasons of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Bullshit\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound meditation on how and why we love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Reasons of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, leading moral philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt argues that the key to a fulfilled life is to pursue wholeheartedly what one cares about, that love is the most authoritative form of caring, and that the purest form of love is, in a complicated way, self-love. Through caring, we infuse the world with meaning. Caring provides us with stable ambitions and concerns, and it shapes the framework of aims and interests within which we lead our lives. Love is a nonvoluntary, disinterested concern for the flourishing of what we love—and self-love, as distinct from self-indulgence, is at heart of this concern. The most elementary form of self-love is no more than the desire to love, and self-love is simply a commitment to finding meaning in our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294670500213,"sku":"9780691191478","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780691191478_fe3f94ae-e387-4427-9aed-28a11dd8a7ef.jpg?v=1786015100"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-harry-g-frankfurt.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}