Perfectionism
Thomas Hurka.
Bok Engelsk 1993 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York ; Oxford : : Oxford University Press, , 1993.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (235 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""I. The Perfectionist Idea""; ""2. The Concept of Human Nature""; ""2.1 Distinctiveness and Essence""; ""2.2 Essence and Life""; ""2.3 Nature: Objections""; ""3. Accretions and Methods""; ""3.1 Accretions""; ""3.2 Perfectionist Naturalism""; ""3.3 Defending Perfectionism""; ""3.4 How Are Essences Known?""; ""4. The Human Essence""; ""4.1 The Aristotelian Theory: Physical Essence""; ""4.2 The Aristotelian Theory: Rationality""; ""4.3 The Aristotelian Theory: Objections""; ""4.4 The Wrong Explanations?""; ""II. Aristotelian Perfectionism"". - ""11.4 Liberty versus Neutrality""""12. Equality: Abilities and Marginal Utility""; ""12.1 Deep Equality""; ""12.2 Desert and Aggregation""; ""12.3 Natural Abilities""; ""12.4 Diminishing Marginal Utility""; ""13. Equality: Co-operation and the Market""; ""13.1 Arguments from Co-operation""; ""13.2 Illustrations and Limitations""; ""13.3 Property and Property-Freedom""; ""13.4 Self-Reliance versus Dependence""; ""14. Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R"". - ""5. The Basic Structure""""5.1 Maximizing Consequentialism""; ""5.2 Time- and Agent-Neutrality""; ""5.3 The Asymmetry""; ""5.4 Competition and Co-operation""; ""6. Aggregation""; ""6.1 Summing and Averaging""; ""6.2 Maximax""; ""6.3 Single-Peak Perfection""; ""6.4 Conclusion""; ""7. The Well-Rounded Life""; ""7.1 Lexical and Constant Comparisons""; ""7.2 Balancing""; ""7.3 Dilettantism and Concentration""; ""7.4 Many-Person Balancing?""; ""8. Trying, Deserving, Succeeding""; ""8.1 Number and Quality""; ""8.2 Attempt""; ""8.3 Deserving Attempt""; ""8.4 Success and Deserved Success"". - ""8.5 The Best Units?""""9. Unity and Complexity""; ""9.1 Generality: Extent and Dominance""; ""9.2 Generality: Elaborations""; ""9.3 Top-to-Bottom Knowledge""; ""9.4 The Unified Life""; ""9.5 Complex, Difficult Activities""; ""10. Politics, Co-operation, and Love""; ""10.1 Political Action""; ""10.2 Co-operation""; ""10.3 Love and Friendship""; ""10.4 Generality: Objections""; ""10.5 Generality: The Tradition""; ""III. Perfectionism and Politics""; ""11. Liberty""; ""11.1 Autonomy as a Perfection""; ""11.2 The Asymmetry Argument""; ""11.3 Sexual Enforcement and Paternalism"". - ""S""""T""; ""U""; ""W"". - Perfectionism is one of the leading moral views of the Western tradition. Defined broadly, it holds that what is right is whatever most promotes certain objective human goods such as knowledge, achievement, and deep personal relations.
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| ISBN | 0195080149
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