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The virtues of happiness: a theory of the good life

by Bloomfield, Paul

fromOxford moral theory

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"As children, we learn life is unfair: bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. So, it is natural to ask, 'Why play fairly in an unfair world? If being immoral will get you what you want and you know you can't get caught, why not do it?' The answers…

Virtue and happiness: essays in honour of Julia Annas

by Annas, Julia, Kamtekar, Rachana

fromOxford studies in ancient philosophy

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This special volume of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy presents sixteen specially written essays on virtue and happiness, and the treatment of these topics by thinkers from the fifth century BC to the third century AD. It is published in honour of Julia Annas (University of…

Works of love

by Hong, Howard V., (Howard Vincent), Hong, Edna H., (Edna Hatlestad), Kierkegaard, Søren

fromKierkegaard's Writings

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"The various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his early Either/Or, through "The Diary of the Seducer" and Judge William's eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of God's love. Works of Love, the midpoint in …

Character as moral fiction

by Alfano, Mark

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"In Advertisers at Work, readers will gain insights from the most interesting people working in the field of advertising today, told in their own words. Guided by interviewer Dr. Tracy Tuten, 18 advertising leaders share their favorite stories, debunk the myths of advertising, m…

Character as moral fiction

by Alfano, Mark

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Everyone wants to be virtuous, but recent psychological investigations suggest that this may not be possible. Mark Alfano challenges this theory and asks, not whether character is empirically adequate, but what characters human beings could have and develop. Although psychology …

Reasons, rights, and values

by Audi, Robert

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A central concern in recent ethical thinking is reasons for action and their relation to obligations, rights, and values. This collection of recent essays by Robert Audi presents an account of what reasons for action are, how they are related to obligation and rights, and how th…