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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459192903321

Autore

Darwall Stephen L. <1946->

Titolo

Welfare and rational care [[electronic resource] /] / Stephen Darwall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-66567-7

9786612665677

1-4008-2532-6

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (146 p.)

Collana

Princeton monographs in philosophy

Disciplina

177/.7

Soggetti

Ethics

Contentment

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. [123]-131) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER I: Welfare's Normativity -- CHAPTER II: Welfare and Care -- CHAPTER III: Empathy, Sympathy, Care -- CHAPTER IV: Valuing Activity: Golub's Smile -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

What kind of life best ensures human welfare? Since the ancient Greeks, this question has been as central to ethical philosophy as to ordinary reflection. But what exactly is welfare? This question has suffered from relative neglect. And, as Stephen Darwall shows, it has done so at a price. Presenting a provocative new "rational care theory of welfare," Darwall proves that a proper understanding of welfare fundamentally changes how we think about what is best for people. Most philosophers have assumed that a person's welfare is what is good from her point of view, namely, what she has a distinctive reason to pursue. In the now standard terminology, welfare is assumed to have an "agent-relative normativity." Darwall by contrast argues that someone's good is what one should want for that person insofar as one cares for her. Welfare, in other words, is normative, but not peculiarly for the person whose welfare is at stake. In addition, Darwall makes the radical proposal that something's contributing to someone's welfare is the same thing as its being something one ought to want for her own sake, insofar as one



cares. Darwall defends this theory with clarity, precision, and elegance, and with a subtle understanding of the place of sympathetic concern in the rich psychology of sympathy and empathy. His forceful arguments will change how we understand a concept central to ethics and our understanding of human bonds and human choices.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454912703321

Autore

Kogan Sam <1946-2004., >

Titolo

The science of acting / / Sam Kogan ; edited by Helen Kogan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-25769-8

1-282-28450-9

9786612284502

0-203-87404-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KoganHelen <1975->

Disciplina

792.02/8

Soggetti

Acting

Performing arts

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; ABOUT THIS BOOK; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE The Foundations; ONE COMPLEXES; TWO AWARENESS; THREE EVENTS; FOUR PURPOSES; FIVE THE FORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS; SIX MINDPRINT; SEVEN ACTIONS; EIGHT FINISHING-OFF THINKING; NINE TEMPO-RHYTHM; PART TWO Qualities of an Actor; TEN IMAGINATION; ELEVEN ATTENTION; TWELVE FREE BODY; THIRTEEN TALENT; PART THREE Working on a Script; FOURTEEN THE TEN STEPS; A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL; AUTHOR'S AFTERWORD; FINAL WORD; APPENDIX 1 LIST OF PURPOSES AND THEIR DEFINITIONS

APPENDIX TWO LIST OF ACTIONSAPPENDIX 3; GLOSSARY; NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

What is good acting? How does one create believable characters? How can an actor understand a character if they do not understand themselves?In The Science of Acting, Sam Kogan uses his theories on the relationship between neuroscience, psychology and acting to answer these questions. Practical exercises provide a step-by-step guide to developing an actor's ability, culminating in Ten Steps to Creating a Character.He presents the reader with a groundbreaking understanding of the subconscious and how it can be applied to their acting. The author's highly origina

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910891356203321

Titolo

Bericht über die Zusammenkunft der Freien Vereinigung der Systematischen Botaniker und Pflanzengeographen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Engelmann

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico