Self-fulfillment /

Main Author: Gewirth, Alan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1998.
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100 1 |a Gewirth, Alan 
245 1 |a Self-fulfillment /  |c Alan Gewirth. 
260 1 |a Princeton, N.J. :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c c1998. 
300 1 |a x, 235 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 1 |a Ch. 1. The Ideal of Self-Fulfillment. 1.1. Self-Fulfillment: Pro andCon. 1.2. Some Terminological Distinctions. 1.3. Self-Fulfillment as Actualization of Potentialities. 1.4. Two Modes of Self-Fulfillment --Ch. 2. Self-Fulfillment as Aspiration-Fulfillment. 2.1. What AreAspirations? 2.2. How Does One Get Aspirations? 2.3. How Does OneFulfill One's Aspirations? 2.4. To What Does One and Should One Aspire?2.5. Three Types of Morality -- Ch. 3. Capacity-Fulfillment and Universalist Morality. 3.1. Capacities and Their Fulfillment. 3.2.Weighing Values to Determine the Best Capacities: The Purposive Ranking Thesis. 3.3. Is Reason the Best of Human Capacities? 3.4. The Rational Justification of Universalist Morality. 3.5. Universalist Morality and Fulfillment of the Reasonable Self. 3.6. Self-Respect and Diverse Waysof Life. 3.7. The Moral Criticism of Aspirations -- Ch. 4.Capacity-Fulfillment and the Good Life. 4.1. Freedom and Well-Being asthe Best of Practical Capacities. 
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