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In Search of Goodness
Ruth Grant
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Description for In Search of Goodness
Hardcover. Features the eight essays which challenge the dichotomies that usually govern how goodness has been discussed in the past: altruism versus egoism; reason versus emotion; or moral choice versus moral character, and emphasize the lived realities and particulars of moral phenomena, taking up examples and illustrations from life, literature, and film. Editor(s): Grant, Ruth W. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
The recent spate of books and articles reflecting on the question of evil might make one forget that the question of just what constitutes goodness is no less urgent or perplexing. Everyone wants to think of himself or herself as good. But how do people become good? And what does a good life look like? The fruit of a year-long, extended conversation, "In Search of Goodness" pushes its readers to think outside the usual assumptions and pieties. The eight essays in this volume challenge the dichotomies that usually govern how goodness has been discussed in the past: altruism vs. egoism; ... Read more
The recent spate of books and articles reflecting on the question of evil might make one forget that the question of just what constitutes goodness is no less urgent or perplexing. Everyone wants to think of himself or herself as good. But how do people become good? And what does a good life look like? The fruit of a year-long, extended conversation, "In Search of Goodness" pushes its readers to think outside the usual assumptions and pieties. The eight essays in this volume challenge the dichotomies that usually govern how goodness has been discussed in the past: altruism vs. egoism; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226306834
SKU
V9780226306834
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About Ruth Grant
Ruth W. Grant is professor of political science at Duke University. She is the editor of Naming Evil, Judging Evil, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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