Human goodness / Yi- fu Tuan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuan, Yi-fu, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtue.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his many best-selling books, Yi-Fu Tuan seizes big, metaphysical issues and considers them in uniquely accessible ways. Human Goodness is evidence of this talent and is both as simple, and as epic, as it sounds. Genuinely good people and their actions, Tuan contends, are far from boring, naive, and trite; they are complex, varied, and enormously exciting.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Vignettes

Good" as Aesthetic-Moral Appreciation

Decency and Wholesomeness

Good Manners

Good Manners Beget Good Society

Good and Happy Society: Two Pictures

Beyond Good Manners: Going the Extra Mile

Indifference to Self-Image

Unworldliness

Selflessness

Gratitude and Obligation

Humility and Pride

Generosity

Respect for Animals

Caring for and Respecting People

Courage and Heroism

Moral Courage

Doing Good in the Midst of Evil

The Trocmés of Le Chambon

Good, Evil, and Stupidity

Good Individuals

Confucius (ca. 551-479 BCE)

Socrates (ca. 469-399 BCE)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

John Keats (1795-1821)

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)

Simone Weil (1909-1943)

Reflections

Dark Background

Gray Background

Points of Light

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.

ISBN:

9786612270444

9781282270442

1282270443

9780299226732

0299226735

OCLC:

646819470