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Living Toward Virtue : Practical Ethics in the Spirit of Socrates.

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Paul Woodruff's Living Toward Virtue gives ethics a new start that is practical and down to earth, while resting on a foundation of ancient wisdom. Woodruff draws on the ancient wisdom of Socrates to develop a new approach to an ethical life - one that shows how we can nurture our souls, enjoy...

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Main Author: Woodruff, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2022.
Subjects:
Socrates.
Socrates
Ethics.
Virtue.
Morale.
Vertus.
ethics (philosophy)
Ancient & Classical.
History & Surveys.
PHILOSOPHY.
Social.
Ethics
Virtue
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Living Toward Virtue
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • 1. Practical Ethics
  • 1.1. Epimeleisthai
  • 1.2. Ignorance
  • 1.3. Injury: The Wounded Soul
  • 1.4. Impractical Virtue
  • Appendix to Chapter 1: Moral Injury
  • 2. The Spirit of Socrates
  • 2.1. Socrates' Approach
  • 2.2. Socrates' Way
  • 1. You Must Change Your Life
  • 2. Aim at Living in Accordance with Justice
  • 3. Try to Know Your Weaknesses
  • 4. Do Not Rely on a Single Theory
  • 5. Seek to Uncover Your Nature
  • 6. Use Judgment: Don't Fall for Doubles
  • 7. Never Think You Safely Have Virtue
  • 8. Attend to the Virtue of Friends and Community
  • 9. Question Yourself and Others
  • 10. Love and Follow Beauty Where It Leads
  • 2.3. Going Beyond Socrates
  • 3. The Shape of Virtue
  • 3.1. An Impossible Assignment: Confucius
  • 3.2. An Activity Good in Itself: Socrates
  • 3.3. The Adverb Problem
  • 3.4. Virtues of Imperfection
  • 3.5. Degrees of Human Virtue
  • 3.6. Self-​Examination
  • 3.7. Bad Luck and Moral Failure
  • 3.8. The Tragic View of Human Life
  • 4. Aiming at Virtue
  • 4.1. Moral Holidays
  • 4.2. Grand Aims
  • 4.3. Aiming Well: Commitment
  • 4.4. Competing Virtues
  • 4.5. Avoidance
  • 4.6. The Nature of Human Virtue
  • Appendix to Chapter 4: Moral Dilemmas
  • 5. Human Wisdom
  • 5.1. Ignorance and Aporia
  • 5.2. Self-​Knowing
  • 5.3. The Limits of Knowledge in Ethics
  • 5.4. The Theory Trap
  • 5.5. Judgment
  • 5.6. Virtues of Imperfection
  • Appendix 1 to Chapter 5: The Rectification of Names
  • Appendix 2 to Chapter 5: Socrates on Human Wisdom
  • 6. Resources
  • 6.1. Using Resources
  • 6.2. Internal vs. External Resources
  • 6.3. Community
  • 6.4. Human Nature and Virtue
  • 6.5. Justice
  • 6.6. Differences in Human Environment
  • 6.7. Friendship
  • 6.8. Love
  • 6.9. Expert Advice and Paradigm Example
  • 6.10. Emotions
  • 6.11. Intuitions vs. Judgments
  • 6.12. Orientation to the Good
  • Appendix 1 to Chapter 6: The Jewish-​Christian Ethics of Love: Basic Passages
  • Appendix 2 to Chapter 6: How Elenchus Succeeds
  • 7. Living Toward Virtue
  • 7.1. The Beautiful Soul
  • 7.2. Loving
  • 7.3. Other-​Regarding Virtues
  • 7.4. Rounding Up the Virtues
  • 7.5. Growth
  • 7.6. Self-​Repair
  • 7.7. Looking Behind
  • 7.8. Looking Ahead
  • 7.9. Happiness: "Paradise within Thee"
  • Bibliography
  • Index