Integrity and the virtues of reason
Subtitle: leading a convincing life
By: Greg Scherkoske
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781107000674
Subjects: Integrity
Description: "Many people have claimed that integrity requires sticking to one's convictions, come what may. Greg Scherkoske challenges this claim, arguing that it creates problems in distinguishing integrity from fanaticism, close-mindedness, or mere inertia."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-261) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Two cheers for integrity"; title: 2. Integrity and moral danger; title: 3. Might integrity be an intellectual virtue"; title: 4. Integrity and self-trust; title: 5. Integrity, assurance and responsibility; title: 6. Integrity and impartial morality; title: 7. Integrity and impartial morality; title: Postscript: the moral importance of leading a convincing life.