Can Virtue Make Us Happy?

by Hoffe, Otfried

• ISBN13: 9780810125452
• ISBN10: 0810125455
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-28
• Publisher: Northwestern Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Ethics plus Theory of Action
Thinking the Good Through	p. 11
Fallacious Conclusions	p. 28
Animal Morabile	p. 39
Action	p. 48
The Principle of Happiness: Eudaimonia
The Happiness of Aspiration	p. 67
The Art of Living	p. 83
Four Life Goals	p. 95
Virtue	p. 117
Prudence, Composure, Selflessness	p. 131
Wisdom Rather Than Calculation	p. 145
Can Virtue Make Us Happy?	p. 158
Euthanasia of Morals?	p. 170
From an Ethic of Teleological Aspiration to an Ethic of the Will	p. 182
The Principle of Freedom: Autonomy
Locating Moral Freedom	p. 189
Practical Reason: Freedom of Action	p. 195
Autonomous Reason: Freedom of the Will	p. 210
Objection One: Deterainism	p. 218
Objection Two: Brain Research	p. 235
The Criterion	p. 252
The Universalizability Test: Two Examples	p. 275
Reality	p. 288
Morally Evil	p. 316
Autonomous Morality and the Art of Living	p. 329
Can Morality Make Us Happy?	p. 345
Translator's Notes	p. 351
Bibliography	p. 353
Name Index	p. 365
SubjectIndex	p. 369
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