The Self in Moral Space: Life Narrative and the Good

✍ Scribed by David Parker

Publisher: Cornell University Press
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 207
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

All of us take our moral bearings from a conception of the good, or a range of goods, that we consider most important. We are in this sense selves in moral space. Building on the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor, among others, David Parker...

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. Life Narrative and the Good
Chapter One. Life Narrative and Languages of the Good
Chapter Two. The Full Range of Goods, Judeo-Christian and Romantic
Chapter Three. The Full Range of Goods, Universal and Particular
Chapter Four. The Good Life: Ethical and Aesthetic Value
Conclusion. Articulating the Good
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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