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Worldly Virtue: Moral Ideals and Contemporary Life
By
Judith Andre
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Lexington Books
Publication date
March 25, 2015
Pages
173
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780739185827
ISBN-10
0739185829
Dimensions
1 by 5 by 7 in.
Weight
1 lbs.
Original list price
$80.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Worldly Virtue argues that general discussions of virtue need to be complemented by attention to specific virtues. Each chapter addresses a single virtue, most of them traditional (e.g., honesty, generosity, and humility), and sometimes newly framed (âearthly virtue,â for instance, and âopen hope.â) The final essay breaks ground by identifying virtues specific to the fact that we age. The book draws upon various spiritual traditions, especially Christianity and Buddhism, for what they value and the practices that sustain those values; at times it identifies ways in which each can mislead. The book also draws from contemporary sciences, natural but especially behavioral. Anthropologists and sociologists, for instance, have identified a universal norm of reciprocity; virtuous generosity must respect this need to give back. In another example, new understandings of addiction suggest that temperance requires dealing with pain as much as resisting pleasure. Because no single template applies to every virtue, different questions are asked about each. Nevertheless each chapter addresses the often-neglected question of how the virtue in question is acquired, and how social context can support or impede its acquisition. The book is addressed to philosophers, but may also be of interest in religious studies, for its philosophical development of religious themes.
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from Lexington Books (March 25, 2015)
9780739185827 | details & prices | 173 pages | 5.00 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $80.00
About: Worldly Virtue argues that general discussions of virtue need to be complemented by attention to specific virtues.
About: Worldly Virtue argues that general discussions of virtue need to be complemented by attention to specific virtues.
With Hugh Miller |
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This edition also contains Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland: Or, the Traditional History of Cromarty
This edition also contains Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland: Or, the Traditional History of Cromarty
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