Bosch Desire and Human Flourishing

Perspectives from Positive Psychology, Moral Education and Virtue Ethics
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-47001-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 451 Seiten

Reihe: Positive Education

This book discusses the concept of desire as a positive factor in human growth and flourishing. All human decision-making is preceded by some kind of desire, and we act upon desires by either rejecting or following them. It argues that our views on and expressions of desire in various facets of life and through time have differed according to how human beings are taught to desire. Therefore, the concept has tremendous potential to affect human beings positively and to enable personal growth. Though excellent research has been done on the concepts of flourishing, character education and positive psychology, no other work has linked the concept of desire to all of these topics. Featuring key references, explanations of central concepts, and significant practical applications of desire to various fields of human thought and action, the book will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of positive psychology, positive education, moral philosophy, and virtue ethics.

Magdalena Bosch is a Titular University Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and holds the position of Agregada in the field of moral thought at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain). She teaches ethics in the humanities and business faculties at her university. She studied philosophy at the University of Barcelona, and holds a PhD in the theory of knowledge and metaphysics from the same university. Throughout her academic career, she has studied aspects of desire from a range of different standpoints: freedom, emotions, aesthetics, Romanticism, motivation, happiness and pro-social attitudes. She has published numerous articles in international journals; several book chapters; and five books.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bosch, Magdalena