On settling
By: Robert E. Goodin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780691148458
Subjects: Contentment; Compromise (Ethics); Political ethics
Description: "In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, ""settling"" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle..."--Book jacket flap.
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.