1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451260603321

Autore

Blustein Jeffrey

Titolo

Care and commitment [[electronic resource] ] : taking the personal point of view / / Jeffrey Blustein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1991

ISBN

1-280-52555-X

0-19-536180-6

1-4237-9998-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

179/.9

Soggetti

Caring

Integrity

Intimacy (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1. The Importance of Caring and Caring about What Is Important; 2. What Caring Is; 3. Caring and Personal and Impersonal Value; 4. The Good of Care; 5. Caring about Caring; 6. Williams and Integrity; 7. Integrity and Self-Indulgence; 8. Wholes and Unities; 9. Lack of Integrity; 10. Integrity and Practical Necessity; 11. Integrity: Form and Content; 12. Integrity and the Unity of a Life; 13. Integrity and Self-Transformation; 14. Caring About Others; 15. Personal and Nonpersonal Relations; 16. Love and Friendship; 17. Particularity and Irreplaceability

18. The Value of Individuals19. Morality and Personal Relations; 20. Conclusion: Intimacy and Integrity; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Blustein presents the first study of an ethics of care, offering a detailed exploration of human ""care"" in its various guises: concern for and commitment to individuals, ideals, and causes.  Blustein focuses on the nature and value of personal integrity and intimacy, and on thequestions they raise for traditional moral theory.  Among the topics considered are: what is the nature of caring as such?



what do we (and should we) care about?  what is implied by the claim that caring supports a sense of the meaningfulness of our lives? how does caring benefit the one who caresand what

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910700334403321

Autore

McDonald Philip Mark

Titolo

Twenty-five years of managing vegetation in conifer plantations in northern and central California [[electronic resource] ] : results, application, principles, and challenges / / Philip M. McDonald and Gary O. Fiddler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Albany, CA] : , : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, , [2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (88 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

General Technical report PSW-GTR ; ; 231

Altri autori (Persone)

FiddlerGary O

Soggetti

Conifers - California - Management

Conifers - Seedlings

Vegetation management - California

Vegetation dynamics - California

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed July 19, 2011).

"October 2010."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-88).