Minding the gap : moral ideals and moral improvement /
The book is an exploration of how we narrow the gap between our moral ideals and our actual selves. It develops an account of moral improvement as a practical project requiring a good moral neighborhood. Moral neighborhoods are constructed through social practices that instantiate moral ideals in a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | The book is an exploration of how we narrow the gap between our moral ideals and our actual selves. It develops an account of moral improvement as a practical project requiring a good moral neighborhood. Moral neighborhoods are constructed through social practices that instantiate moral ideals in a flawed world. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 260 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-253) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190867522 0190867523 |