Memoir ethics
Subtitle: good lives and the virtues
By: Mike W. Martin
Publisher: Lexington; Lexington Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781498533652
Subjects: Autobiography; Ethics in literature; Biography as a literary form
Description: Memoir Ethics: Good Lives and the Virtues is a philosophical study of moral themes in memoirs. It explores how memoirists present and defend perspectives on good lives. Particular attention is paid to the interplay of the virtues, including their interplay with additional (non moral) types of values in good lives. More generally, it explores the relevance of memoir to moral philosophy and, in turn, how moral philosophy enters into elucidating and critiquing memoirs. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Morality in memoir; title: Life-based arguments; title: Good character; title: Authenticity as a virtue; title: Authenticity and self-knowledge; title: Meaning and motivation; title: Meaning and unity; title: Pursuits of happiness; title: Healthy coping with illness; title: Self-fulfillment; title: Philosophers' memoirs; title: Lives and stories.