Enjoyment : The Moral Significance of Styles of Life.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780191563126
- 171/.4
- BJ1481.K45 2008
Intro -- Contents -- Part One: Introduction -- 1. A Grace to be Cultivated -- Part Two: Styles of Life -- 2. Pursuing our Own Good -- 3. Personal Evaluation -- 4. The Importance of Manner -- Part Three: The Evaluation of Styles of Life -- 5. A Great and Rare Art -- 6. Three-Dimensional Morality -- 7. The Uses of Reason in Morality -- Part Four: Some Particular Styles of Life -- 8. A Most Perfect Gentleman -- 9. A Morbid Romantic -- 10. An Enemy of Happiness -- 11. A Wise and Virtuous Man -- 12. A Certain Gaiety of Heart -- 13. The Rightful Enjoyment of our Being -- Part Five: Conclusion -- 14. The Felicity we Make or Find -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
John Kekes examines the indispensable role enjoyment plays in a good life. The key to it is developing a style of life that combines an attitude and a manner of living and acting that jointly express one's deepest concerns. Kekes reorients moral thought toward a reasonable but pluralistic reflection on what we can do to make our lives better.
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