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The impossibility of perfection : Aristotle, feminism, and the complexities of ethics / Michael Slote.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slote, Michael, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perfection.
- Ethics.
- Aristotle.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 167 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Aristotle, feminism, and the complexities of ethics
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Most people think that the difficulty of balancing career and personal/family relationships is the fault of present-day society or is due to their own inadequacies. Michael Slote argues that the difficulty runs much deeper, that it is due to the essential nature of the divergent goods involved in this kind of choice.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Feminism and partial values
- The impossibility of perfection
- Alternative views
- Perfection, moral dilemmas, and moral cost
- Connections with care ethics and romanticism
- Relational profiles of goods and virtues
- Conclusion
- Appendix. Men's philosophy, women's philosophy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-164) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-934949-5
- 1-283-42303-0
- 9786613423030
- 0-19-979094-9
- OCLC:
- 774393103
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