LIBROS DEL AUTOR: john kekes

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  • The Human Condition
    John Kekes
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  • Enjoyment
    John Kekes
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  • The Morality of Pluralism
    John Kekes
    Controversies about abortion, the environment, pornography, AIDS, and similar issues naturally lead to the question of whether there are any values that can be ultimately justified, or whether values are simply conventional. John Kekes argues that the present moral and political uncertainties are due to a deep change in our society from a dogmatic to a pluralistic view of value...
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  • Facing Evil
    John Kekes
    Arguing that the prevalence of evil presents a fundamental problem for our secular sensibility, John Kekes develops a conception of character-morality as a response. He shows that the main sources of evil are habitual, unchosen actions produced by our character defects and that we can increase our control over the evil we cause by cultivating a reflective temper. ...
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  • The Examined Life
    John Kekes
    ContentPreface 9Acknowledgments 111. An Approach to Good Lives 152. The Limits of Self-Direction: Human Nature 313. The Context of Self-Direction: Moral Tradition 454. Self-Direction 625. Ideals and Commitments 776. Self-Control 957. Self-Knowledge 1148. Moral Sensitivity 1299. Wisdom 14510. Good Lives and Happiness 16111. Good Lives and Justification 174Notes 188Works Cited 1...
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  • Moral Tradition and Individuality
    John Kekes
    In this study, John Kekes develops the view that good lives depend on maintaining a balance between one’s moral tradition and individuality. Our moral tradition provides the forms of good lives and the permissible ways of trying to achieve them. But to do so, the author argues, we must grow in self-knowledge and self-control to make our characters suitable for realizing our asp...
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