John (University Lecturer in English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow, University Lecturer in English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow, Gonville and Caius College) Casey
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John (University Lecturer in English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow, University Lecturer in English, University of Cambridge, and Fellow, Gonville and Caius College) Casey,
e druk, 1991
9780198240037
Pagan Virtue
An Essay in Ethics
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Paperback, 256 blz.
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Engels
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1991
ISBN13: 9780198240037
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Clarendon Paperbacks
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Dr Casey argues that the classical virtues of courage, temperance, practical wisdom, and justice, which are largely ignored in modern moral philosophy, centrally define the good for Man. The values of success, pride, and worldliness remain alive, if insufficiently acknowledged, part of our moral thinking. The conflict between these values and our equally important Christian inheritance leads to tensions and contradictions in our understanding of the moral life.
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Persons; Courage; Temperance; Practical Wisdom; Justice; Pagan Virtues?; Postscript: Homer, Shakespeare, and the Conflict of Values; Bibliography; Index