Self-Transcendence and Virtue
Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychology, and Theology
Recent research in the humanities and social sciences suggests that individuals who understand themselves as belonging to something greater than the self-a family, community, or religious or spiritual group-often feel happier, have a deeper sense of purpose or meaning in their lives, and have overall better life outcomes than those who do not. Some positive and personality psychologists have labeled this location of the self within a broader perspective self-transcendence. This book presents and integrates new, interdisciplinary research into virtue, happiness, and the meaning of life by re-orienting these discussions around the concept of se…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Vogler, Candace (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-429-89117-5
- EAN: 9780429891175
- Produktnummer: 29405862
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 308 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'540 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 4 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 3 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Jennifer A. Frey is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina. Her main areas of research lie at the intersection of theories of agency, rationality, ethics and law, with a particular emphasis on the relations among virtue, practical reason, and happiness. She has ten publications in venues such as Analytic Philosophy, Ergo, The Journal of the History of Philosophy, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, and in multiple edited volumes. She is the PI of several grants, including a 2.1 million dollar research project titled, Virtue, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life. She is currently editing a volume titled, Practical reason, truth, and knowledge, and is writing a monograph titled, Action, virtue, and human good. Candace Vogler is the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor of Philosophy at The University of Chicago. She is the author of John Stuart Mill's deliberative landscape: An essay in moral psychology (Routledge), Reasonably vicious, and essays in ethics, social philosophy, and other areas.
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