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"These questions-in essence 'What are flourishing lives and how can we lead them?'-are long central to philosophy. Now, however, can be addressed in light of new insights in positive psychology, psychiatry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and behavioral economics as well new...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2023] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The humanities and human flourishing
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"These questions-in essence 'What are flourishing lives and how can we lead them?'-are long central to philosophy. Now, however, can be addressed in light of new insights in positive psychology, psychiatry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and behavioral economics as well new research in philosophy itself, including feminist theory, critical race studies, philosophical psychology, neuro-ethics, and more. The thirteen contributors chart new directions for understanding and securing human flourishing. Reflecting the fact that lives and cultures differ, the perspectives are pluralistic. Part One considers the meaning of human flourishing through analyses of: the nature of purposeful, mattering lives; biological, psychological, and social levels of homeostasis; the nature of human agency and the role of narrative in it; the nature of the self and self-fulfillment; the centrality of subjective values and non-subjective conditions that make possible these values; and the need to encompass the wide diversity of human lives. Part Two considers conditions on which flourishing depends. These include: habits flexible enough to confront ever-changing realities; conditions of social justice rather than supposed self-help; epistemic responsibility and sensitivity to social relations; civility and values literacy; educational reconstruction, particularly in the humanities; a cultural focus on eudaimonic values rather than mere technical efficiency and marketplace consumerism; and the role of creative arts in transforming our abilities, promoting genuine self-government, and providing consolation in the face of loss"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xxvi, 315 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780197622179 0197622178 9780197622162 019762216X |
| Index Number: | BJ1611 |
| CLC: | B848.4 |
| Call Number: | B848.4/P568 |
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The Conatus project: mattering and morality / Flourishing in the flesh / Pragmatic stories of selves and their flourishing / Well-being: taking our selves seriously / Hybrid subjectivism about well-being / The allure of the all / Flourishing: toward clearer ideas and habits of genius / Navigating irreconcilable conflicts: philosophical thinking for better lives / Relational insensitivity and the interdependence of flourishing and withering / Values literacy and citizenship / Teaching philosophy: the love of wisdom and the cultivation of human flourishing / A reconsideration of the role of philosophy in the reconstruction and promotion of leisure / Philosophy and the Art of Human Flourishing / |