Time, Conflict, and Human Values

by J.T. Fraser

"Moving easily among the realms of literature, philosophy, biology, physics, mathematics, ethics, art, and religion, J. T. Fraser excavates the foundations of human values and elucidates their role in the lives of individuals, societies, and the historical process. Positing that the need for human values arises from the necessity to control the unbounded imaginative powers of the mind, Fraser reveals time as an essential constituent of the principles of selection that determine values, rather than merely a backdrop against which the stability of values may be tested."--BOOK JACKET. "Over the course of history, Fraser argues, human values have served primarily not as conservative influences that promote permanence, continuity, and balance - as commonly believed - but as revolutionary forces that, in the long run, promote change by generating and sustaining certain unresolvable conflicts."--BOOK JACKET.

Genres: Philosophy

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 6, 1999

Reviews

[Britain · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first third to half of this work is phenomenal. Fraser describes the effect(s) of time on perception, morals, etc. The book's remainder stumbles and meanders along. It jumps from topic to topic, after properly capping the book's thesis within the first ~100 pages.

[Earl Leonard Mcgowen IV · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful book!
Got a little goofy on the internet stuff at the end, but still a classic. I will read this again!