Our Highest Good

Author : Gabriel Richardson Lear
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781400826087
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Happy Lives and the Highest Good written by Gabriel Richardson Lear and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Richardson Lear presents a bold new approach to one of the enduring debates about Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: the controversy about whether it coherently argues that the best life for humans is one devoted to a single activity, namely philosophical contemplation. Many scholars oppose this reading because the bulk of the Ethics is devoted to various moral virtues--courage and generosity, for example--that are not in any obvious way either manifestations of philosophical contemplation or subordinated to it. They argue that Aristotle was inconsistent, and that we should not try to read the entire Ethics as an attempt to flesh out the notion that the best life aims at the "monistic good" of contemplation. In defending the unity and coherence of the Ethics, Lear argues that, in Aristotle's view, we may act for the sake of an end not just by instrumentally bringing it about but also by approximating it. She then argues that, for Aristotle, the excellent rational activity of moral virtue is an approximation of theoretical contemplation. Thus, the happiest person chooses moral virtue as an approximation of contemplation in practical life. Richardson Lear bolsters this interpretation by examining three moral virtues--courage, temperance, and greatness of soul--and the way they are fine. Elegantly written and rigorously argued, this is a major contribution to our understanding of a central issue in Aristotle's moral philosophy.

Author : Roe Fremstedal
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137440880
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kierkegaard and Kant on Radical Evil and the Highest Good written by Roe Fremstedal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kierkegaard and Kant on Radical Evil and the Highest Good is a major study of Kierkegaard's relation to Kant that gives a comprehensive account of radical evil and the highest good, two controversial doctrines with important consequences for ethics and religion.

Author : Joachim Aufderheide
Publisher : Mind Association Occasional
ISBN 13 : 0198714017
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Highest Good in Aristotle and Kant written by Joachim Aufderheide and published by Mind Association Occasional. This book was released on 2015 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of the highest good is central to both Aristotle's and Kant's ethical theories, despite the fact that their approaches to ethics are often thought to be diametrically opposed. A team of experts shed new light on the work of both major philosophers, and reveal the richness, complexity, and fruitfulness of the notion of the highest good.

Author : Ronald M. Green
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438404735
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kierkegaard and Kant written by Ronald M. Green and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1992-08-17 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Höwing
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110392747
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Highest Good in Kant’s Philosophy written by Thomas Höwing and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of a final end of human conduct – the highest good– plays an important role in Kant’s philosophy. Unlike his predecessors Kant defines the highest good as a combination of two heterogeneous elements, namely virtue and happiness. This conception lies at the centre of some of the most influential Kantian doctrines such as his famous “moral argument” for the rationality of faith, his conception of the unity of reason and his views concerning the final end of nature as well as the historical progress of mankind.To be sure, the different treatments of the highest good in Kant’s work have led to a great deal of discussion among his readers. Besides Kant’s arguments for moral faith, recent debate has focused on the place of the highest good within Kant’s moral theory, on the antinomy of pure practical reason, and on the idea of the primacy of practical reason. This collection of new essays attempts to re-evaluate Kant’s doctrine of the highest good and to determine its relevance for contemporary philosophy.

Author : Herman Bavinck
Publisher : Eerdmans Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780802862730
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Our Reasonable Faith written by Herman Bavinck and published by Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1956 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our Reasonable Faith" is an accessible digest of the author's famous four volume "Reformed Dogmatics" and clearly presents the fundamental doctrines of Biblical theology. A practical handbook of theology, it is an outstanding and comprehensive statement of Christian faith and doctrine. Fully supported by Scriptural references, this book provides students, teachers, pastors, and lay readers with a readable, thorough, and systematic presentation of God's revelation.

Author : Samuel Fleischacker
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198733070
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Good and the Good Book written by Samuel Fleischacker and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It is written ..., ' says the believer in a sacred text, and proceeds to justify all manner of terrifying things. Or so runs a popular caricature of religious faith today. Religions that center around a revelation--around a 'good book, ' like the Torah or Gospels or Quran, which is seen as God's word--are widely regarded as irrational and dangerous: as based on outdated science and conducive to illiberal, inhumane moral attitudes. The Good and the Good Book defends revealed religion and shows how it can be reconciled with science and liberal morality. Samuel Fleischacker invites us to see revealed texts as aiming to teach neither scientific nor moral doctrines but a vision of what life is about overall. Purely naturalistic ways of thinking, he argues, cannot make much sense of our overall or ultimate good; revealed texts, by contrast, do precisely that. But these texts also need to be interpreted so as to accord with our independent understanding of morality. A delicate balance is required for this process of interpretation--between respecting the uncanny obscurity of our sacred texts and rendering them morally familiar. The book concludes with an account of how believers in one religion can respect believers in other religions, and secular people.

Author : Thomas Höwing
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110369001
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Highest Good in Kant’s Philosophy written by Thomas Höwing and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of a final end of human conduct – the highest good– plays an important role in Kant’s philosophy. Unlike his predecessors Kant defines the highest good as a combination of two heterogeneous elements, namely virtue and happiness. This conception lies at the centre of some of the most influential Kantian doctrines such as his famous “moral argument” for the rationality of faith, his conception of the unity of reason and his views concerning the final end of nature as well as the historical progress of mankind.To be sure, the different treatments of the highest good in Kant’s work have led to a great deal of discussion among his readers. Besides Kant’s arguments for moral faith, recent debate has focused on the place of the highest good within Kant’s moral theory, on the antinomy of pure practical reason, and on the idea of the primacy of practical reason. This collection of new essays attempts to re-evaluate Kant’s doctrine of the highest good and to determine its relevance for contemporary philosophy.

Author : Louise Hay
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401935028
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All is Well written by Louise Hay and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Whenever there is a problem, repeat over and over: All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe." In this healing tour de force, best-selling authors Louise L. Hay and Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz have teamed up for an exciting reexamination of the quintessential teachings from Heal Your Body. All Is Well brings together Louise’s proven affirmation system with Mona Lisa’s knowledge of both medical science and the body’s intuition to create an easy-to-follow guide for health and well-being. And, for the first time ever, they present scientific evidence showing the undeniable link between the mind and body that makes these healing methods work. Bringing focus and clarity to the effects of emotions on the body, All Is Well separates the body into seven distinct groups of organs—or emotional centers—that are connected by their relationship to certain emotions. Structured around these emotional centers, the authors outline common imbalances and probable mental causes for physical illness. They also include case studies that show a complete program for healing that draws from all disciplines, including both traditional and alternative medicine, affirmations, nutritional changes, and so much more. Using the self-assessment quiz, the holistic health advice, and an expanded version of Louise’s original affirmation chart, you can learn how to heal your mind and body with affirmations and intuition and live a balanced, healthy life.

Author : Roe Fremstedal
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137440880
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kierkegaard and Kant on Radical Evil and the Highest Good written by Roe Fremstedal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kierkegaard and Kant on Radical Evil and the Highest Good is a major study of Kierkegaard's relation to Kant that gives a comprehensive account of radical evil and the highest good, two controversial doctrines with important consequences for ethics and religion.