Radical Virtues: Moral Wisdom and the Ethics of Contemporary Life

by Richard White

Book Overview

What is a good life? What does it mean to be a good person? Richard White answers these questions by considering aspects of moral goodness through the virtues: courage, temperance, justice, compassion and wisdom. White explores how moral virtues affect and support social movements such as pacifism, environmentalism, multiculturalism, and animal rights. Drawing on the works of Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Nietzsche and others, White's philosophical treatment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742561003
• ISBN13: 9780742561007
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 9.0"