The Self in Moral Space: Life Narrative and the Good

by David Parker

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All of us take our moral bearings from a conception of the good, or a range of goods, that we consider most important. We are in this sense selves in moral space. Building on the work of the philosopher Charles Taylor, among others, David Parker examines a range of classic and contemporary autobiographies--including those of St. Augustine, William Wordsworth, Friedrich Nietzsche, Edmund Gosse, Roland Barthes, Seamus Heaney, and J. M. Coetzee--to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0801445612

ISBN13:9780801445613

Release Date:April 2007

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:208 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Ethics & Morality Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Religion Religion & Spirituality

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