MARC Record from marc_claremont_school_theology

LEADER: 03610cam a22007454a 4500
001 ocm51804935
003 OCoLC
005 20200617074844.5
008 030225s2003 dcu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003004569
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$dIG#$dBAKER$dYDXCP$dMUQ$dBTCTA$dUKM$dGEBAY$dBDX$dOCLCF$dOCLCQ$dUKMGB$dGDC
015 $aGBA3V1348$2bnb
016 7 $a010356919$2Uk
019 $a52921379$a53986367
020 $a0878401377$q(alk. paper)
020 $a9780878401376$q(alk. paper)
029 1 $aAU@$b000024481815
029 1 $aAU@$b000026463170
029 1 $aGEBAY$b7212306
029 1 $aIG#$b9780878401376
029 1 $aNLGGC$b248608894
029 1 $aNZ1$b7533289
029 1 $aYDXCP$b1987999
029 1 $aUKMGB$b010356919
035 $a(OCoLC)51804935$z(OCoLC)52921379$z(OCoLC)53986367
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBJ1451$b.F58 2003
082 00 $a170$221
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aFlescher, Andrew Michael,$d1969-
245 10 $aHeroes, saints & ordinary morality /$cAndrew Michael Flescher.
246 3 $aHeroes, saints, and ordinary morality
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bGeorgetown University Press,$c©2003.
300 $aviii, 344 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aMoral traditions series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 323-337) and index.
505 0 $aSupererogation, optional morality, and the importance of J.O. Urmson and David Heyd in the history of ethics -- The standard view under critical scrutiny -- Ordinary human heroes -- Suffering saints -- Moral development, obligation, and supererogation -- Human striving and creative justice -- Conclusion: The banality and contingency of good and evil.
520 $aTraditional approaches to ethics have suggested there is a sharp distinction between ordinary people and those called heroes and saints; between duties and acts of supererogation (going beyond the expected). The author seeks to undo these standard dichotomies by looking at the lives and actions of certain historical figures--Holocaust rescuers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, among others--who appear to be extraordinary but were, in fact, ordinary people. The book shifts the way we regard ourselves in relationship to those we admire from afar--it asks us not only to admire, but to emulate as well--further, it challenges us to actively seek the acquisition of virtue as seen in the lives of heroes and saints, to learn from them, a dynamic aspect of ethical behavior that goes beyond the mere avoidance of wrongdoing.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aDuty.
650 0 $aSupererogation.
650 0 $aMoral development.
650 0 $aReligious ethics.
650 6 $aDevoir.
650 6 $aSurérogation.
650 6 $aDéveloppement moral.
650 6 $aMorale religieuse.
650 7 $aDuty.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00899897
650 7 $aMoral development.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01026046
650 7 $aReligious ethics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01094052
650 7 $aSupererogation.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01138863
650 07 $aVerdienst (Ethik)$2swd
650 07 $aPflicht.$2swd
650 07 $aEthik.$2swd
830 0 $aMoral traditions series.
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c49.95$d49.95$i0878401377$n0004187764$sactive
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n00811548$c$49.95
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n2003004569
938 $aIngram$bINGR$n9780878401376
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n1987999
994 $a92$bCST
976 $a10017007204