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Strangers Drowning: Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help 

byLarissa MacFarquhar

Focused on impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help, Strangers Drowning brings Larissa MacFarquhar's science narrative to a complex and consequential subject. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of philosophy and psychology. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. Together, these elements make Strangers Drowning an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher

Penguin Books

Publication date

Sep 27, 2016

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9780143109785