Existential Flourishing: A Phenomenology of the Virtues
Autor Irene McMullinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 ian 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781108458207
ISBN-10: 1108458203
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 151 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1108458203
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 151 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. What is flourishing?; 2. Three domains of reason; 3. Justice, the virtues, and existential problem-solving; 4. Unity, comparison, constraint; 5. Called to be oneself: role models and the project of becoming virtuous; 6. Corrupting the youth; 7. Patience; 8. Modesty; 9. Courage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Recenzii
'In its overall theory of ethical virtue and in its analyses of specific virtues, Existential Flourishing is an innovative and acutely insightful work of philosophy. The book admirably exemplifies the virtues of sharply analytical ethical theorising that is sensitive to the complex structures of human existence. It is replete with interesting and perceptive thoughts, developed through detailed engagement with landmark classics of analytic moral philosophy and European existential philosophy. Philosophers interested in ethical theory, existential philosophy, or both will want to engage with this book's substantive arguments and its methodology. In this way, anglophone ethical theory can be further enriched by existential philosophy'. Jonathan Webber, The Philosophical Quarterly
'Irene McMullin's Existential Flourishing: A Phenomenology of the Virtues is richly layered and deftly argued. The layers include detailed elucidation of practical rationality, references to previous debates in virtue ethics, and proposals plucked out of Levinas, Nietzsche, Kant, Kierkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger, and Husserl. Despite the heaviness of these many materials, McMullin writes with such dexterity as to encourage light and easy reflection right alongside her lapidary precision. Her style can also be warm and wry, as a line about “considering the moral reprobates that many of us count as friends” attests (143). [...] I am very grateful for this book's insights and for how philosophical argumentation is used to open up explanations of what we are doing. I have shared McMullin's definition of patience with an online group of transplant patient caretakers, who expressed great appreciation for it. Is there a better sign than that?' Jennifer Baker, Ethics
'Irene McMullin's Existential Flourishing: A Phenomenology of the Virtues is richly layered and deftly argued. The layers include detailed elucidation of practical rationality, references to previous debates in virtue ethics, and proposals plucked out of Levinas, Nietzsche, Kant, Kierkegaard, Sartre, Heidegger, and Husserl. Despite the heaviness of these many materials, McMullin writes with such dexterity as to encourage light and easy reflection right alongside her lapidary precision. Her style can also be warm and wry, as a line about “considering the moral reprobates that many of us count as friends” attests (143). [...] I am very grateful for this book's insights and for how philosophical argumentation is used to open up explanations of what we are doing. I have shared McMullin's definition of patience with an online group of transplant patient caretakers, who expressed great appreciation for it. Is there a better sign than that?' Jennifer Baker, Ethics
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Descriere
Argues that 'flourishing' means balancing one's responsiveness to three normative claims: self-fulfilment, moral responsibility, and intersubjective answerability.