Necessary Virtue

Necessary Virtue
Title Necessary Virtue PDF eBook
Author Charles P. Hanson
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Pages 296
Release 1998
Genre History
ISBN 9780813917948

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Tracing the Constitution's separation of church and state to the need for French assistance in the fight against the British during the Revolutionary War, the author examines the significant break with the traditional, virulent anti- Catholicism of colonial New England Protestants. While some saw the break as a necessary result of shedding the colonial past, the author argues that many saw it as a temporary expedient to be dispensed with as soon as possible. The alliances with France and French Canadians, he says, had the effect of redrawing religious boundaries and disabusing some Americans of their habitual intolerance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Virtue of Aristotle's Ethics

The Virtue of Aristotle's Ethics
Title The Virtue of Aristotle's Ethics PDF eBook
Author Paula Gottlieb
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 243
Release 2009-04-27
Genre History
ISBN 052176176X

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This text looks at Aristotle's claims, particularly the much-maligned doctrine of the mean.

The Inquiring Mind

The Inquiring Mind
Title The Inquiring Mind PDF eBook
Author Jason S. Baehr
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 250
Release 2011-06-30
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 019960407X

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Jason Baehr presents a new theory of 'responsibilist' or character-based virtue-epistemology -- an approach in which intellectual character traits are given a central and fundamental role. He examines the nature and structure of an intellectual virtue and accounts for the role of reflection on intellectual virtues in epistemology.

Cultivating Virtue

Cultivating Virtue
Title Cultivating Virtue PDF eBook
Author Nancy E. Snow
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 358
Release 2015
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0199967423

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Though virtue ethics is enjoying a resurgence, the topic of virtue cultivation has been largely neglected by philosophers. This book features essays by philosophers, theologians, and psychologists at the forefront of research into virtue.--Publisher's description.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Title The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin PDF eBook
Author Benjamin Franklin
Publisher Xist Publishing
Pages 205
Release 2015-03-15
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1623957915

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is one of America's most famous memoirs. In this text, Ben Franklin shares his life story and details his attempts to build a life of good habits and virtues. His plan for self-improvement was one of the first "self help" books and his role as a founder of the United States is given a personal perspective. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

On Patience

On Patience
Title On Patience PDF eBook
Author Matthew Pianalto
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 161
Release 2016-05-31
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 149852821X

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Many of us are so busy that we might be tempted to think we don’t have time to be patient. However, that idea involves a serious underestimation of what patience is and why it matters. In On Patience, Matthew Pianalto revives a richer understanding of what patience is and why it is centrally important in both virtue theory and everyday life. Drawing from a wide range of philosophical and religious sources, Pianalto shows that our contemporary tendency to equate patience with waiting fails to do justice to other aspects of patience such as tolerance, perseverance, and the opposition of patience to anger. With this broader understanding of patience, Pianalto further shows how patience supports the development of other moral strengths, such as courage, justice, love, and hope. In these ways, On Patience sheds light on Franz Kafka’s remark that, “Patience is the master key to every situation,” and Gregory the Great’s perhaps surprising claim that, “Patience is the root and guardian of all the virtues.” This first book-length contemporary philosophical examination of patience will be of interest to students and scholars not just of virtue ethics, but also of moral philosophy more broadly.

The Virtues of Happiness

The Virtues of Happiness
Title The Virtues of Happiness PDF eBook
Author Paul Bloomfield
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 273
Release 2016-05
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0190612002

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As children, we learn life is unfair: bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people. So, it is natural to ask, "Why play fairly in an unfair world? If being immoral will get you what you want and you know you can't get caught, why not do it?" The answers, as argued herein, begin by rejecting the idea that morality and happiness are at odds with one another. From this point of view, we can see how immorality undermines its perpetrator's happiness: self-respect is necessary for happiness, and immorality undermines self-respect. As we see how our self-respect is conditional upon how we respect others, we learn to evaluate and value ourselves, and others, appropriately. The central thesis is the result of combining the ancient Greek conception of happiness (eudaimonia) with a modern conception of self-respect. We become happy, we life the best life we can, only by becoming virtuous: by being as courageous, just, temperate, and wise as can be. These are the virtues of happiness. This book explains why it is bad to be bad and good to be good, and what happens to people's values as their practical rationality develops.