The call of character : living a life worth living /

Should we feel inadequate for failing to be healthy, balanced, and well-adjusted? Is such an existential equilibrium realistic or even desirable? Condemning our cultural obsession with cheerfulness and?positive thinking," Mari Ruti calls for a resurrection of character that honors our more ecce...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ruti, Mari (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Character.
Conduct of life.
Character
Caractère.
Morale pratique.
ethics (philosophical concept)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Humanism.
Conduct of life
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I The art of self-fashioning
  • 1. The call of character
  • 2. The process of becoming
  • 3. The specificity of desire
  • pt. II The art of self-responsibilty
  • 4. The blueprints of behavior
  • 5. The alchemy of relationality
  • 6. The ethics of responsibility
  • pt. III The art of self-surrender
  • 7. The swerve of passion
  • 8. The upside of anxiety
  • 9. The erotics of being.

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