TY  - BOOK
AU  - Scruton,Roger
TI  - The uses of pessimism and the danger of false hope
SN  - 0199968977 (paperback)
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Optimism
KW  - Pessimism
N1  - The first-person future -- The best case fallacy -- The born free fallacy -- The utopian fallacy -- The zero sum fallacy -- The planning fallacy -- The moving spirit fallacy -- The aggregation fallacy -- Defences against the truth -- Our tribal past -- Our civil present -- Our human future
N2  - The author purports that unchecked optimism can be dangerous, and healthy pessimism favors a balanced appraisal of society and human nature
ER  -