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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Nicolas Bommarito |
ISBN: | 9780190673383 0190673389 |
OCLC Number: | 1035759038 |
Description: | 208 pages. |
Contents: | Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Inner Virtue and Vice Chapter 3: Pleasure Chapter 4: Emotion Chapter 5: Attention Chapter 6: The Relevance of Inner Virtue |
Series Title: | Oxford moral theory. |
Responsibility: | Nicolas Bommarito. |
Abstract:
What does it mean to be a morally good person? Pleasure, emotion, and attention are also important parts of our moral character despite being involuntary inner states. Inner Virtue argues that such states can be morally virtuous or vicious by manifesting our deepest cares and concerns.
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Recommended. * H. Oberdiek, Choice * This clear, engaging book proposes a manifest care account of inner virtue and vice - an account explaining when and why inner states such as pleasure, pain, envy, and gratitude make us better or worse people this book will appeal to non-philosophic and even non-academic audiences; the engaging style and numerous entertaining examples will make it easy and fun for readers to think about various inner virtues and join the search for a general account * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Read more...
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