Jennifer A Herdt

Gebundenes Buch

Assuming Responsibility

Ecstatic Eudaimonism and the Call to Live Well

Beschreibung

This book explores the debates surrounding eudaimonism, virtue, and happiness. It argues that we should embrace 'ecstatic' or 'goodness-prior' eudaimonism whilst rejecting 'welfare-prior' forms of eudaimonism.

Autor

Jennifer A. Herdt is Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at Yale University Divinity School, where she has taught since 2010. Educated at Oberlin College, she received her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She has held prior faculty appointments at New College of Florida and the University of Notre Dame, and is the recipient of fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, Whiting Foundation, and Humboldt Foundation, among others. She has served as the 2020 President of the Society of Christian Ethics and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Religious Ethics, Studies in Christian Ethics, and the Journal of Religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 165mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780192849205
• ISBN-10: 0192849204
• Artikelnr.: 66170276