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The Principle of Excellence : a Framework for Social Ethics.

This book disturbs the "normal" and depoliticized meaning of virtue through a genealogical reading of the debates, conceptual struggles, and ambiguities that were cleansed by virtue ethicists to produce today's conception of excellence. This approach provides the narrative raw materia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wariboko, Nimi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I WHAT IS EXCELLENCE?; CHAPTER ONE The Making of a New Meaning of Excellence; CHAPTER TWO Exegeting Excellence; CHAPTER THREE The Core Features of Excellence; CHAPTER FOUR New Being: Participation and Imitation; CHAPTER FIVE Justice, Love, and Hope; Part II SOCIAL-ETHICAL FRAMEWORK; CHAPTER SIX A Framework for Social Ethics; CHAPTER SEVEN Social Practice as Boundary of Possibilities; CHAPTER EIGHT Excellence and Economic Development; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; About the Author.