Perfectionism

Perfectionism
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9780198024187
ISBN-13 : 0198024185
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Book Synopsis Perfectionism by : Thomas Hurka Professor of Philosophy University of Calgary

Download or read book Perfectionism written by Thomas Hurka Professor of Philosophy University of Calgary and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993-04-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfectionism is one of the great moralities of the Western tradition. It holds that certain states of humans, such as knowledge, achievement, and friendship, are good apart from any pleasure they may bring, and that the morally right act is always the one that most promotes these states. Defined more narrowly, perfectionism identifies the human good by reference to human nature: if knowledge and achievement are good, it is because they realize aspects of human nature. This book gives an account of perfectionism, first in the narrower sense, analyzing its central concepts and defending a theory of human nature in which rationality plays a central role. It then uses this theory to construct an elaborate account of the intrinsic value of beliefs and actions that embody rationality, and applies this account to political questions about liberty and equality. The book attempts to formulate the most defensible version of perfectionism, using contemporary analytic techniques. It aims both to regain for perfectionism a central place in contemporary moral debate and to shed light on the writings of classical perfectionists such as Aristotle, Aquinas, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, and T.H. Green.


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