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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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: | 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190867553 0190867558 9780190867539 0190867531 9780190867546 019086754X |