On settling
By: Robert E. Goodin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691148458
Subjects: Contentment; Compromise (Ethics); Political ethics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Modes of settling: settling down, settling in, settling up, settling for, settling one's affairs, settling on; title: The value of settling: settling as an aid to planning and agency, settling, commitment, trust, and confidence, settling the social fabric; title: What settling is not: settling is not just compromising, settling is not just conservatism, settling is not just resignation; title: Settling in aid of striving: settling in order to strive, what strivings require settling, and why, when to switch between one and the other, and why; title: Conclusions.