Viable Values
A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
| Author: | Tara Smith | ISBN: | 9781442211919 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | January 12, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tara Smith |
| ISBN: | 9781442211919 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | January 12, 2000 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Viable Values examines the most basic foundations of value and morality, demonstrating the shortcomings of major traditional views and proposing that morality is grounded in the objective requirements of human life. Smith argues that human beings need to be moral in order to live, explaining how life is the standard of morality, how flourishing is the proper end and reward of living morally, and how an intelligent egoism is the path to flourishing.
Viable Values examines the most basic foundations of value and morality, demonstrating the shortcomings of major traditional views and proposing that morality is grounded in the objective requirements of human life. Smith argues that human beings need to be moral in order to live, explaining how life is the standard of morality, how flourishing is the proper end and reward of living morally, and how an intelligent egoism is the path to flourishing.
