How can we live life wisely? Tiberius argues that we need to develop the kind of wisdom that emphasizes the importance of learning from experience. We need to care about things that sustain us and give us good experiences, have perspective on our successes and failures, and be self-aware and cautiou...

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1. Verfasser:	Tiberius, Valerie (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford [u.a.] Oxford University Press 2014
Ausgabe:	reprint. publ.
Schlagworte:	Conduct of life Reflexivität Weisheit Ethik Selbsterfahrung Lebensführung
Zusammenfassung:	How can we live life wisely? Tiberius argues that we need to develop the kind of wisdom that emphasizes the importance of learning from experience. We need to care about things that sustain us and give us good experiences, have perspective on our successes and failures, and be self-aware and cautiously optimistic about human nature.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index The reflective life and reflective values -- Introduction -- Living well and your point of view -- Process and goal : why start with the first-person point of view? -- Aristotle and virtue -- A road map -- Reflective values -- Value commitments and justification -- Reflective values -- The justification of reflective values : some concerns -- Conclusion : values and the challenges of modern life -- Wisdom and perspective -- Wisdom and flexibility -- A reflective conception of a good life -- The limits of reflection and the importance of shifting -- Perspectives -- Attentional flexibility -- Wisdom and rationality -- Perspective -- Having perspective : some examples -- Perspective and reflective values -- Refining the account of perspective -- The value of perspective -- Self-awareness -- The scope and limits of self-knowledge -- Acquiring self-knowledge -- Moderate self-awareness : habits and skills -- The value of self-awareness -- Optimism -- Preliminaries : endorsement and virtue -- The value of being realistic -- Cynicism -- Realistic optimism -- The value of optimism -- Beyond the first-person point of view -- Morality and the reflective life -- Reflective virtues and moral agency -- Wise decisions and value conflicts -- Some problems : discretion, complacency, and intractable -- Conflicts -- Normativity and ethical theory -- Arbitrariness and the desire to live well -- Contingency -- The painter and the anatomist
Beschreibung:	XII, 222 S.
ISBN:	9780199202867