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Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

Promise of Enrichment, Threat of Destruction

By: Deborah Achtenberg

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Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

Promise of Enrichment, Threat of Destruction

By: Deborah Achtenberg

With this new interpretation, Deborah Achtenberg argues that metaphysics is central to ethics for Aristotle and that the ethics can be read on two levels—imprecisely, in terms of its own dialectically grounded and imprecise claims, or in terms of the metaphysical terms and concepts that give the ethics greater articulation and depth. She argues that concepts of value—the good and the beautiful—are central to ethics for Aristotle and that they can be understood in terms of telos where 'telos' can be construed to mean 'enriching limitation' and contrasted with harmful or destructive limitation. Achtenberg argues that the imprecision of ethics for Aristotle results not simply from the fact that ethics has to do with particulars, but more centrally from the fact that it has to do with the value of particulars. She presents new interpretations of a wide variety of passages in Aristotle's metaphysical, physical, psychological, rhetorical, political, and ethical works in support of her argument and compares Aristotle's views to those of Plato, Marcus Aurelius, the Hebrew Bible, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Freud, and twentieth-century object relations theorists. Achtenberg also responds to interpretations of Aristotle's ethics by McDowell, Nussbaum, Sherman, Salkever, Williams, Annas, Irwin, Roche, Gomez-Lobo, Burnyeat, and Anagnostopoulos.

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0791488632

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"Slick Willie" II

Why America Still Cannot Trust Bill Clinton

By: Deborah J. Stone,Christopher Manion

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"Slick Willie" II

Why America Still Cannot Trust Bill Clinton

By: Deborah J. Stone,Christopher Manion

Secrecy, deception and cover-up have been the watchwords of the Clinton White House--especially concerningthe Whitewater scandal, and the Vincent Foster mystery.

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Annapolis-Washington Book Pubishers

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0963439723

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9780963439727

A Century of Women

The Most Influential Events in Twentieth-Century Women's History

By: Deborah G. Felder

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A Century of Women

The Most Influential Events in Twentieth-Century Women's History

By: Deborah G. Felder

Comprehensive and riveting, this important volume on women's history surveys the revolutionary changes in the social, economic, and political status of women during the twentieth century. From the battles of suffragists and labor activists such as Carrie Chapman Catt and Rose Schneiderman to the provocative ideas of Betty Friedan, here are the women of vision and courage who fought for equality and freedom. But here too are the unexpected medical and technological discoveries that removed a woman's destiny from the restrictions of biology -- the electric washing machine, anesthesia for childbirth, sulfa drugs to stop post-partum deaths, the birth control pill, and more. This lively and provocative history covers groundbreaking legislation and Supreme Court rulings, yet it doesn't neglect the often conflicting cultural forces -- from Emily Post and Barbie to the founding of the La Leche League and Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom -- that have shaped women's lives in today's world. Book jacket.

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390

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Citadel Press

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0806525266

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Rationality, Representation, and Race

By: Deborah K Heikes

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Rationality, Representation, and Race

By: Deborah K Heikes

During the Enlightenment, rationality becomes not a property belonging to all humans but something that one must achieve. This transformation has the effect of excluding non-whites and non-males from the domain of reason. Heikes seeks to uncover the source of this exclusion, which she argues stems from the threat of subjectivism inherent in modern thinking. As an alternative, she considers post-Cartesian reactions of modern representationalism as well as ancient Greek understandings of mind as simply one part of a functionally diverse soul. In the end, she maintains that treating rationality as an evolutionarily situated virtue concept allows for an understanding of rationality that recognizes diversity and that grounds substantive moral concepts.

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272

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Springer

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1137591714

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Essential Skills for Human Services

By: Cynthia Cannon Poindexter,Deborah P. Valentine,Patricia Gail Conway

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Essential Skills for Human Services

By: Cynthia Cannon Poindexter,Deborah P. Valentine,Patricia Gail Conway

This concise, useful guide introduces the necessary basic skills helpers need to effectively support and guide persons who need assistance from social services systems. A 'must read' for human services workers, students, and volunteers, this book provides key information, values, and skills needed to be an effective helper. The authors cover topics such as helping persons living with HIV, working with persons with mental illness, and taking care of oneself. Authors Cynthia Poindexter, Deborah Valentine, and Patricia Conway present an eclectic approach and provide useful information for students taking an introductory course in human services or interviewing or for professional facilitators teaching groups of helpers.

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Brooks Cole

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0534346901

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Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

Promise of Enrichment, Threat of Destruction

By: Deborah Achtenberg

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Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

Promise of Enrichment, Threat of Destruction

By: Deborah Achtenberg

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Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

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"Slick Willie" II

A Century of Women

A Century of Women

Rationality, Representation, and Race

Rationality, Representation, and Race

Essential Skills for Human Services

Essential Skills for Human Services

Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

Cognition of Value in Aristotle's Ethics

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