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Meaningful Work
Andrea Veltman
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Description for Meaningful Work
hardcover. This book develops the view that meaningful work is central in human flourishing. The author defends a pluralistic account of what makes work meaningful, arguing that work can be meaningful in virtue of developing capabilities, supporting virtues, providing a purpose, or integrating elements of a worker's life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HPQ; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
This book examines the importance of work in human well-being, addressing several related philosophical questions about work and arguing on the whole that meaningful work is central in human flourishing. Work impacts flourishing not only in developing and exercising human capabilities but also in instilling and reflecting virtues such as honor, pride, dignity, self-discipline and self-respect. Work also attaches to a sense of purposefulness and personal identity, and meaningful work can promote both personal autonomy and a sense of personal satisfaction that issues from making oneself useful. Further still, work bears a formative influence on character and intelligence and provides ... Read more
This book examines the importance of work in human well-being, addressing several related philosophical questions about work and arguing on the whole that meaningful work is central in human flourishing. Work impacts flourishing not only in developing and exercising human capabilities but also in instilling and reflecting virtues such as honor, pride, dignity, self-discipline and self-respect. Work also attaches to a sense of purposefulness and personal identity, and meaningful work can promote both personal autonomy and a sense of personal satisfaction that issues from making oneself useful. Further still, work bears a formative influence on character and intelligence and provides ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190618179
SKU
V9780190618179
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About Andrea Veltman
Andrea Veltman is Associate Professor of Philosophy at James Madison University. She works primarily in ethical, political and feminist philosophy. In addition to publishing scholarly articles in these areas, she is editor of Social and Political Philosophy (Oxford, 2008) and co-editor of Autonomy, Oppression and Gender (Oxford, 2014), Oppression and Moral Agency (Special Issue of Hypatia, 2009) and Evil, Political ... Read more
Reviews for Meaningful Work
Andrea Veltman presents a welcome and engaging argument for the importance of meaningful work in human lives.
Ruth Yeoman, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
In this elegantly written book, Veltman argues that meaningful work is an essential human good and, as such, is necessary for a flourishing life. Her arguments about the centrality of meaningful work are compelling.
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Ruth Yeoman, Australasian Journal of Philosophy
In this elegantly written book, Veltman argues that meaningful work is an essential human good and, as such, is necessary for a flourishing life. Her arguments about the centrality of meaningful work are compelling.
... Read more