Personal Virtues: Introductory Readings

ISBN-13: 9781403994547 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 282 str.

Clifford Williams

Opis

In this groundbreaking collection of articles, ten respected philosophers discuss everyday virtues, including generosity of spirit, gratitude, hope, patience, and trust. Martha C. Nussbaum describes the cognitive dimensions of compassion; Robert Solomon argues that love must have reasons; Eamonn Callan contends that patience has as much value as courage. Clifford Williams' Introduction places the virtues into the contemporary context and discusses each one treated in the book.

Recenzje

'Justice, compassion, courage, trust, humility - if such virtues deeply characterized individual lives and communities, human existence would be far less scarred by genocide, terrorism, poverty, torture and other human rights abuses that plague the twenty-first century. This well-edited collection of essays contains clear philosophical reflection that provides much-needed guidance for anyone and everyone who strives to support and extend the moral qualities that are necessary to amend the world.' - John Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, Claremont McKenna College, USA

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction Generosity of Spirit; J.Kupfer Gratitude and Justice; P.Boleyn-Fitzgerald Humility; N.E.Snow The Practice of Pride; T.Smith The Cognitive Structure of Compassion; M.C.Nussbaum Reasons for Love; R.C.Solomon The Value of Hope; L.Bovens Patience and Courage; E.Callan Forgivingness; R.C.Roberts Trust as an Affective Attitude; K.Jones Sources Index

O autorze

PATRICK BOLEYN-FITZGERALD Department of Philosophy, Lawrence University, USA LUC BOVENS Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA EAMONN CALLAN School of Education, Stanford University, USA KAREN JONES Department of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia JOSEPH KUPFER Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University, USA MARTHA C. NUSSBAUM Law School, University of Chicago, USA ROBERT C. ROBERTS Department of Philosophy, Baylor University, USA TARA SMITH Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA NANCY E. SNOW Department of Philosophy, Marquette University, USA ROBERT C. SOLOMON Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA