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1 online resource (240 pages) |
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Intro; Contents; Foreword by John F. Crosby; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Moral Epistemology; The Linkage to Brentano; The Influence of Scheler; Epistemic Acts in Which Values Are Given; Concluding Remarks; 2. The Concept of Value; The Merely Subjectively Satisfying vs. the Intrinsically Important; The Objective Good for the Person; The Relationship of von Hildebrand's Account of Value to the Accounts of Kant, Brentano, and Scheler; The Intrinsically Important and the Traditional Concept of the Good; Concluding Remarks; 3. Akrasia; Von Hildebrand on Akratic Action: A Comparison to Plato |
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The Five Types of Moral CharacterThe Three Centers in the Human Being vs. the Theory of Tripartition; Some Remarks on Aristotle's Account of Akrasia; Concluding Remarks; 4. Value Blindness; Definition and Moral Accountability of Value Blindness; Total Value Blindness; Partial Value Blindness; Subsumption Blindness; Schematic Overview of and Critical Remarks on the Various Forms of Value Blindness; Concluding Remarks; 5. Love and Happiness; Love as a Desire for the Good or as a Value Response?; The Indispensability of an Interest in One's Own Happiness in Most Forms of Love |
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The Supreme Happiness of LoveThe Support and Explanation for the Supreme Happiness of Love; Additional Notes on Love and Happiness in Relation to Morality; Concluding Remarks; Conclclusion; Bibliography; Index of Names; General Index |
| Summary |
"This book lays out and examines three central aspects of the moral philosophy of Dietrich von Hildebrand: his notions of value, value response, and value blindness. This discussion is supplemented by analysis of the relationship between happiness and morality in von Hildebrand. Martin Cajthaml is the main author of the book; Vlastimil Vohánka contributed most of chapter 5"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Von Hildebrand, Dietrich, 1889-1977.
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| SUBJECT |
Von Hildebrand, Dietrich, 1889-1977
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Von Hildebrand, Dietrich, 1889-1977 fast |
| Subject |
Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
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Values.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Movements -- Phenomenology.
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Christian ethics -- Catholic authors
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Values
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vohánka, Vlastimil
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Crosby, John F
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| ISBN |
0813232511 |
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9780813232515 |
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