The variety of values : essays on morality, meaning, and love / Susan Wolf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Susan R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Values.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Summary:

For over thirty years Susan Wolf has been writing about moral and nonmoral values and the relation between them. This volume collects Wolf's most important essays on the topics of morality, love, and meaning, ranging from her classic essay "Moral Saints" to her most recent "The Importance of Love.".

Contents:

Intro

The Variety of Values

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Sources

1 Introduction

Part I Moral and Nonmoral Values

2 Moral Saints

3 Morality and Partiality

4 Morality and the View from Here

5 Good-for-Nothings

Part II Meaning in Life

6 The Meanings of Lives

7 Happiness and Meaning: Two Aspects of the Good Life

8 Meaning and Morality

Part III Love

9 "One Thought Too Many": Love, Morality, and the Ordering of Commitment

10 Loving Attention: Lessons in Love from The Philadelphia Story

11 The Importance of Love

Part IV The Concept of Duty

12 Above and Below the Line of Duty

13 The Role of Rules

14 Moral Obligations and Social Commands

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

0-19-971566-1

OCLC:

922973162