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Fabric of Character : Aristotle's Theory of Virtue.
Title:
Fabric of Character : Aristotle's Theory of Virtue.
Author:
Sherman, Nancy.
ISBN:
9780191519758
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Contents:
PREFACE -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Bibliographical Notes -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1. Character -- 2. The Inseparability of Character and Practical Reason -- 3. A Practical Theory -- 2. DISCERNING THE PARTICULARS -- 1. Equity within the Law -- 2. An Alternative Legislative Model -- 3. Perceiving Ethical Salience -- 4. Seeing through Emotions -- 5. Strategies for Expanding Horizons -- 3. THE CHOICES OF A CHARACTER -- 1. Present and Future Intention -- 2. The Practical Syllogism -- 3. Simple Planning -- 4. The More Complex Plans of a Character -- 5. Choice Includes Revision of Ends -- 6. Fitting Contemplation in a Life -- 7. Good and Bad Characters -- 4. THE SHARED LIFE -- 1. Aristotle and Kant -- 2. Friends as External Goods -- 3. Happiness as Including the Happiness of Others -- 4. Friendship and Wider Altruism -- 5. A Friend as Another but Separate Self -- 6. Conditions for Attachment -- 7. Virtuous Parents and Virtuous Children (or Sons) -- 8. The Limitations of Private Education -- 5. THE HABITUATION OF CHARACTER -- 1. The Viability of a Developmental Model -- 2. The Rationality of the Non-Rational Part -- 3. The Inappropriateness of Harsh Sanctions -- 4. The Intentionality of Emotions -- 5. Learning to See Aright -- 6. Learning to Make Choices -- 7. Habituation as Critical Practice -- 8. The Pleasure Intrinsic to Practice -- 9. Practice Includes Experience -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index Locorum.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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