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Desert and virtue : a theory of intrinsic value / Stephen Kershnar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kershnar, Stephen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Virtue.
- Values.
- Reward (Ethics).
- Character.
- Ethics.
- Responsibility.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Desert and Virtue: A Theory of Intrinsic Value presents a comprehensive examination of desert and what makes people deserve things. Stephen Kershnar demonstrates how desert relates to virtue, good deeds, moral responsibility, and personal change and growth through the life process. He persuasively argues that desert is a function that relates well-being, intrinsic value, and a 'ground,' which is defined as a person's character or act.
- Contents:
- A theory of intrinsic value
- The geometry of desert
- The time of intrinsic value
- The momentary theory of desert
- Desert and the principle of universality
- The ground of desert
- The building-block theory of virtue
- Virtuous attitudes
- Desert and responsibility.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-147) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7391-3938-X
- OCLC:
- 852757155
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