Existential Flourishing

A Phenomenology of the Virtues
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-47166-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This innovative volume argues that flourishing is achieved when individuals successfully balance their responsiveness to three kinds of normative claim: self-fulfilment, moral responsibility, and intersubjective answerability. Applying underutilised resources in existential phenomenology, Irene McMullin reconceives practical reason, addresses traditional problems in virtue ethics, and analyses four virtues: justice, patience, modesty, and courage. Her central argument is that there is an irreducible normative plurality arising from the different practical perspectives we can adopt - the first-, second-, and third-person stances - which each present us with different kinds of normative claim. Flourishing is human excellence within each of these normative domains, achieved in such a way that success in one does not compromise success in another. The individual virtues are solutions to specific existential challenges we face in attempting to do so. This book will be important for anyone working in the fields of moral theory, existential phenomenology, and virtue ethics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McMullin, Irene

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Theologie, Doktrine
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Ethische Themen & Debatten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. What is flourishing?; 2. Three domains of reason; 3. Justice, the virtues, and existential problem-solving; 4. Unity, comparison, constraint; 5. Called to be oneself: role models and the project of becoming virtuous; 6. Corrupting the youth; 7. Patience; 8. Modesty; 9. Courage; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

McMullin, Irene
Irene McMullin is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Essex. She is the author of Time and the Shared World (2013) as well as of numerous articles in journals including Philosophical Review, European Journal of Philosophy, Kantian Review, and Philosophical Topics.