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Description for Personal Virtues
Paperback. Editor(s): Williams, Clifford. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
In this ground-breakiing 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.
In this ground-breakiing 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403994554
SKU
V9781403994554
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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 ... Read more
Reviews for Personal Virtues
'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 ... Read more