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050 00 $aBJ1533.P36$bH87 1993
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100 1 $aHurka, Thomas,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92093557
245 10 $aPerfectionism /$cThomas Hurka.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1993.
263 $a9305
300 $axi, 222 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aOxford ethics series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tIntroduction -- $gI.$tThe Perfectionist Idea -- $g2.$tThe Concept of Human Nature -- $g2.1.$tDistinctiveness and Essence -- $g2.2.$tEssence and Life -- $g2.3.$tNature: Objections -- $g3.$tAccretions and Methods -- $g3.1.$tAccretions -- $g3.2.$tPerfectionist Naturalism -- $g3.3.$tDefending Perfectionism -- $g3.4.$tHow Are Essences Known? -- $g4.$tThe Human Essence -- $g4.1.$tThe Aristotelian Theory: Physical Essence -- $g4.2.$tThe Aristotelian Theory: Rationality -- $g4.3.$tThe Aristotelian Theory: Objections -- $g4.4.$tThe Wrong Explanations? -- $gII.$tAristotelian Perfectionism -- $g5.$tThe Basic Structure -- $g5.1.$tMaximizing Consequentialism -- $g5.2.$tTime- and Agent-Neutrality -- $g5.3.$tThe Asymmetry -- $g5.4.$tCompetition and Co-operation -- $g6.$tAggregation -- $g6.1.$tSumming and Averaging -- $g6.2.$tMaximax -- $g6.3.$tSingle-Peak Perfection -- $g6.4.$tConclusion -- $g7.$tThe Well-Rounded Life -- $g7.1.$tLexical and Constant Comparisons -- $g7.2.$tBalancing -- $g7.3.$tDilettantism and Concentration -- $g7.4.$tMany-Person Balancing? -- $g8.$tTrying, Deserving, Succeeding -- $g8.1.$tNumber and Quality -- $g8.2.$tAttempt -- $g8.3.$tDeserving Attempt -- $g8.4.$tSuccess and Deserved Success -- $g8.5.$tThe Best Units? -- $g9.$tUnity and Complexity -- $g9.1.$tGenerality: Extent and Dominance -- $g9.2.$tGenerality: Elaborations -- $g9.3.$tTop-to-Bottom Knowledge -- $g9.4.$tThe Unified Life -- $g9.5.$tComplex, Difficult Activities -- $g10.$tPolitics, Co-operation, and Love -- $g10.1.$tPolitical Action -- $g10.2.$tCo-operation -- $g10.3.$tLove and Friendship -- $g10.4.$tGenerality: Objections -- $g10.5.$tGenerality: The Tradition -- $gIII.$tPerfectionism and Politics -- $g11.$tLiberty -- $g11.1.$tAutonomy as a Perfection -- $g11.2.$tThe Asymmetry Argument -- $g11.3.$tSexual Enforcement and Paternalism -- $g11.4.$tLiberty versus Neutrality -- $g12.$tEquality: Abilities and Marginal Utility -- $g12.1.$tDeep Equality -- $g12.2.$tDesert and Aggregation -- $g12.3.$tNatural Abilities -- $g12.4.$tDiminishing Marginal Utility -- $g13.$tEquality: Co-operation and the Market -- $g13.1.$tArguments from Co-operation -- $g13.2.$tIllustrations and Limitations -- $g13.3.$tProperty and Property-Freedom -- $g13.4.$tSelf-Reliance versus Dependence -- $g14.$tConclusion.
520 1 $a"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." "Proposing original theses about long neglected issues in ethics, Perfectionism is of interest to moral and political philosophers and those interested in contemporary moral theory or the history of ethics."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPerfection$xMoral and ethical aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099795
830 0 $aOxford ethics series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89622359
852 00 $bglx$hBJ1533.P36$iH87 1993
852 00 $bmorl$hBJ1533.P36$iH87 1993