Ideals and Meaningfulness

Auteur

André Grahle is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU).

Texte du rabat

The book develops a theory of ideals as conceptions of admirable ways of being. It provides a story of what it means to have an ideal and why the rationality of acquiring one's ideals implies a greater degree of selectivity than does our admiration for the manifestation of ideals in others.

Contenu

Introduction / 1. Ideals / 2. Having Ideals - Affective Acquisition /3. Having Ideals II - Reasons / 4. Ideals and Transformative Experience / 5. Ideals and Meaning in Life / Conclusion / Bibliography