On settling / Robert E. Goodin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodin, Robert E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political ethics.

Contentment.

Compromise (Ethics).

Physical Description:

viii, 114 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2012]

Contents:

Introduction

Modes of settling: where this is heading, settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on: the master notion

The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric

What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just conservatism, settling is not just resignation

Settling in aid of striving: settling in order to strive, what strivings require settling, and why, when to switch between one and the other, and why

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [93]-106) and index.

ISBN:

9780691148458

0691148457

OCLC:

779472217