Eudaimonic Ethics
The Philosophy and Psychology of Living Well
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
| Author: | Lorraine L Besser | ISBN: | 9781317916789 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | February 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lorraine L Besser |
| ISBN: | 9781317916789 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | February 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
In this book*,* Lorraine Besser-Jones develops a eudaimonistic virtue ethics based on a psychological account of human nature. While her project maintains the fundamental features of the eudaimonistic virtue ethical framework—virtue, character, and well-being—she constructs these concepts from an empirical basis, drawing support from the psychological fields of self-determination and self-regulation theory. Besser-Jones’s resulting account of "eudaimonic ethics" presents a compelling normative theory and offers insight into what is involved in being a virtuous person and "acting well." This original contribution to contemporary ethics and moral psychology puts forward a provocative hypothesis of what an empirically-based moral theory would look like.
In this book*,* Lorraine Besser-Jones develops a eudaimonistic virtue ethics based on a psychological account of human nature. While her project maintains the fundamental features of the eudaimonistic virtue ethical framework—virtue, character, and well-being—she constructs these concepts from an empirical basis, drawing support from the psychological fields of self-determination and self-regulation theory. Besser-Jones’s resulting account of "eudaimonic ethics" presents a compelling normative theory and offers insight into what is involved in being a virtuous person and "acting well." This original contribution to contemporary ethics and moral psychology puts forward a provocative hypothesis of what an empirically-based moral theory would look like.
