Personal Virtues
Introductory Readings
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave USA
Published:8th Aug '05
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CLIFFORD WILLIAMS teaches Philosophy at Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, USA. He is the author of Free Will and Determinism: A Dialogue and of numerous articles and reviews.
In this ground-breakiing collection of articles, ten respected philosophers discuss everyday virtues, including generosity of spirit, gratitude, hope, patience and trust. Clifford Williams' Introduction places the virtues into the contemporary context and discusses each one treated in the book.In this ground-breakiing collection of articles, ten respected philosophers discuss everyday virtues, including generosity of spirit, gratitude, hope, patience and trust. Martha C. Nussbaum describes the cognitive dimensions of compassion; Robert Solomon argues that love must have reasons; Eamonn Callan contends that patience has as much value as courage. Clifford Williams' Introduction places the virtues into the contemporary context and discusses each one treated in the book.
'Justice, compassion, courage, trust, humility - if such virtues deeply characterized individual lives and communities, human existence would be far less scarred by genocide, terrorism, poverty, torture and other human rights abuses that plague the twenty-first century. This well-edited collection of essays contains clear philosophical reflection that provides much-needed guidance for anyone and everyone who strives to support and extend the moral qualities that are necessary to amend the world.' - John Roth, Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, Claremont McKenna College, USA
ISBN: 9781403994554
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Weight: 380g
282 pages