Bibliograph

Minding the gap, moral ideals and moral improvement, Karen Stohr

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Label

Minding the gap, moral ideals and moral improvement, Karen Stohr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Minding the gap

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1097462928

Responsibility statement

Karen Stohr

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

moral ideals and moral improvement

Summary

This text is a philosophical exploration of the gap between our moral ideals and the imperfect moral reality in which we live, and the implications of that gap for the practical project of moral improvement. We are limited in our ability to recognize and be guided by moral ideals, owing to a variety of moral and epistemic shortcomings. In light of that, how can the practical project of moral improvement get off the ground? An account of moral improvement should begin from psychologically plausible starting points, and it should also rely on ideals that are both normatively authoritative and regulatively efficacious for the agent taking up the project. The work argues that moral improvement should be understood as the project of articulating and inhabiting an aspirational moral identity.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

Creator