The principle of excellence : a framework for social ethics / Nimi Wariboko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wariboko, Nimi, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excellence.

Social ethics.

Physical Description:

xi, 239 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2009]

Summary:

In The Principle of Excellence, Nimi Wariboko deconstructs the traditional, depoliticized meaning of virtue, providing a thorough reading of the debates, conceptual struggles, and ambiguities used by virtue ethicists to produce today's conception of excellence. He presents a new meaning of excellence, explaining the ways communities can use excellence as the organizing principle for their political and economic development, and exploring how large-scale modern societies can be better administered in environments characterized by contingency and possibilities.

Also examined within this book is the connection between excellence and creativity. If excellence is the drive toward actualization of potentialities for all human beings, it follows that human creativity is a form of that drive. Wariboko reveals the mystery at work in both personal and communal creative functions, showing how the creative functions of human life can express the unconditional eras of divine creativity. The Principle of Excellence brings afresh and provocative perspective to some of philosophy and theology's oldest concerns; truth, beauty, justice, love, hope, and the eschatological New Creation.

Contents:

Pt. I: What is excellence?

The making of a new meaning of excellence

Exegeting excellence

The core features of excellence

New being : participation and imitation

Justice, love, and hope

Pt. II: Social-ethical framework

A framework for social ethics

Social practice as boundary of possibilities

Excellence and economic development.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739136386

0739136380

9780739136409

0739136402

OCLC:

416717456