02831nam 22005894a 450 991081286530332120200520144314.097866122704441-282-27044-30-299-22673-5(CKB)1000000000817475(OCoLC)646819470(CaPaEBR)ebrary10324065(SSID)ssj0000338801(PQKBManifestationID)11297361(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338801(PQKBWorkID)10297887(PQKB)11755223(MiAaPQ)EBC3444868(MdBmJHUP)muse12275(Au-PeEL)EBL3444868(CaPaEBR)ebr10324065(CaONFJC)MIL227044(EXLCZ)99100000000081747520070928d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHuman goodness /Yi- fu Tuan1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Pressc20081 online resource (246 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-299-22670-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Vignettes -- Good" as Aesthetic-Moral Appreciation -- Decency and Wholesomeness -- Good Manners -- Good Manners Beget Good Society -- Good and Happy Society: Two Pictures -- Beyond Good Manners: Going the Extra Mile -- Indifference to Self-Image -- Unworldliness -- Selflessness -- Gratitude and Obligation -- Humility and Pride -- Generosity -- Respect for Animals -- Caring for and Respecting People -- Courage and Heroism -- Moral Courage -- Doing Good in the Midst of Evil -- The Trocmés of Le Chambon -- Good, Evil, and Stupidity -- Good Individuals -- Confucius (ca. 551-479 BCE) -- Socrates (ca. 469-399 BCE) -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) -- John Keats (1795-1821) -- Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) -- Simone Weil (1909-1943) -- Reflections -- Dark Background -- Gray Background -- Points of Light -- Notes -- Index.In his many best-selling books, Yi-Fu Tuan seizes big, metaphysical issues and considers them in uniquely accessible ways. Human Goodness is evidence of this talent and is both as simple, and as epic, as it sounds. Genuinely good people and their actions, Tuan contends, are far from boring, naive, and trite; they are complex, varied, and enormously exciting.VirtueConduct of lifeVirtue.Conduct of life.170/.44Tuan Yi-fu1930-269770MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812865303321Human goodness4198026UNINA