Content
Preface 9
Acknowledgments 11
1. An Approach to Good Lives 15
2. The Limits of Self-Direction: Human Nature 31
3. The Context of Self-Direction: Moral Tradition 45
4. Self-Direction 62
5. Ideals and Commitments 77
6. Self-Control 95
7. Self-Knowledge 114
8. Moral Sensitivity 129
9. Wisdom 145
10. Good Lives and Happiness 161
11. Good Lives and Justification 174
Notes 188
Works Cited 194
Index 199