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Moral Wisdom and Good Lives [Hardcover]

John Kekes (Author)

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Kekes (The Morality of Pluralism, Princeton Univ. Pr., 1993) argues in this finely crafted book that moral wisdom is the most important virtue for human beings today. In the absence of a generally shared conception of Good, each of us must devise his or her own plan for a good life. To achieve one's plan is no easy task, and to confront the obstacles that inevitably ensue, wisdom is essential. This virtue consists, Kekes thinks, of three modes: moral imagination, self-knowledge, and moral depth. Kekes addresses with insight topics that have often been neglected. Highly recommended for academic libraries.?David Gordon, Bowling Green State Univ., Ohio
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Hardcover: 237 pages
Publisher: Cornell University Press (November 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801431719
ISBN-13: 978-0801431715
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,680,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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permanent adversities, reflective innocence, simple moral situations, eudaimonistic conception, equal moral capacity, permanent adversity, complex moral situations, fortuitous character, moral wisdom, sub specie humanitatis, sufficiency thesis, moral depth, moral drift, illusory expectation, secondary values, reasonable conception, deserved benefits, internal goods, external goods, identity thesis, primary evils

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New York, Deep Thought, Oxford University Press, Princeton University Press, Clarendon Press, Harvard University Press, Nicomachean Ethics, John Kekes, Stuart Hampshire, Cambridge University Press, Isaiah Berlin, Notre Dame, Thomas Nagel, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, Basic Books, Facing Evil, Joel Kupperman, John Rawls, Oedipus the King, Bernard Williams, Clifford Geertz, Cornell University Press, David Hume, David Wiggins

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