The enlargement of life: moral imagination at work. - Kekes, John
Moral Imagination at Work
KORTE INHOUD
Moral imagination, according to John Kekes, is indispensable to a fulfilling and responsible life. By correcting a parochial view of the possibilities available to us and overcoming mistaken assumptions about our limitations, moral imagination liberates us from self-imposed narrowness. It enlarges life by enabling us to reflect more deeply and widely about how we should live. The material for this reflection, Kekes believes, is supplied by literature. Each of the eleven chapters of the book focuses on a novel, play, or autobiography that exemplifies the protagonist's reflective self-evaluation. Kekes shows the enduring significance of these protagonists' successes or failures and how we might apply what they teach to our very different characters and circumstances.Kekes discusses John Stuart Mill's Autobiography, the Oedipus tragedies by Sophocles, Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, Henry James's The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl, Montaigne's Essays, a story by Herodotus, and Arthur Koestler's Arrival and D...
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2006Uitgever: Cornell University Press236 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0801445116ISBN-13: 9780801445118Koop dit boek tweedehands
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236 p. Hardcover with dustjacket Ithaca, Cornell University Press 2006 [Auteur: Kekes, John] [Jaar: 2006] [Titel: The enlargement of life: moral imagination at work.]
