Desiring the Good: Ancient Proposals and Contemporary Theory

New York, NY: Oup Usa (2017)
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Abstract

Vogt puts forward a novel version of the Guise of the Good: the desire to have one's life go well shapes and sustains mid- and small-scale motivations. Her book lays out a non-relativist version of Protagoras's Measure Doctrine and defends a new realism about good human lives.

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Katja Vogt
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