The Enlargement of Life : : Moral Imagination at Work /

The Enlargement of Life : : Moral Imagination at Work / / John Kekes.

Moral imagination, according to John Kekes, is indispensable to a fulfilling and responsible life. By correcting a parochial view of the possibilities available to us and overcoming mistaken assumptions about our limitations, moral imagination liberates us from self-imposed narrowness. It enlarges l...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Kekes, John,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2010
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part One: The Ideal
  • 1. Reflective Self-Evaluation
  • 2. Moral Imagination
  • Part Two: The Corrective Imagination
  • 3. Understanding Life Backward
  • 4. From Hope and Fear Set Free
  • 5. All Passion Spent
  • Part Three: From Exploratory to Disciplined Imagination
  • 6. Registers of Consciousness
  • 7. This Process of Vision
  • 8. An Integral Part of Life
  • Part Four: The Disciplined Imagination
  • 9. Toward a Purified Mind
  • 10. The Self's Judgment of the Self
  • 11. The Hardest Service
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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