Eudaimonic Ethics
Author | : Lorraine L Besser |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2014-02-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317916789 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317916786 |
Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Download or read book Eudaimonic Ethics written by Lorraine L Besser and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.