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Schollmeier, Paul

 
9780521863841: Human Goodness: Pragmatic Variations on Platonic Themes
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ISBN 10 : 0521863848 ISBN 13 : 9780521863841
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Human Goodness presents an original, pragmatic moral theory that successfully revives and revitalizes the classical Greek concept of happiness. It also includes in-depth discussions of our freedoms, our obligations, and our virtues, as well as adroit comparisons with the moral theories of Kant and Hume. Paul Schollmeier explains that the Greeks define happiness as an activity that we may perform for its own sake. Obvious examples might include telling stories, making music, or dancing. He then demonstrates that we may use the pragmatic method to discover and to define innumerable activities of this kind. Schollmeier's demonstration rests on the modest assumption that our happiness takes not one ideal form, but many empirical forms.

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À propos de l'auteur

Paul Schollmeier is professor and chair in the department of philosophy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of Other Selves: Aristotle on Personal and Political Friendship and the co-editor of The Greeks and Us: Essays in Honor of A.W.H. Adkins.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521863848
ISBN 13 
9780521863841
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
322
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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