 The presupposition of this objectivity is of course that we can understand the notion of "good for X" and cognate notions in terms of some conception of the unity of X's life. What is better or worse for X depends upon the character of that intelligible...  Storylines: Craftartists’ Narratives of Identity - Page 14de Elliot G. Mishler - 2009 - 208 pagesAperçu limité - À propos de ce livre
 | Elliot G. Mishler - 1986 - 210 pages
...actions of others. Stories are lived before they are told — except in the case of fiction" (p. 197). "What is better or worse for X depends upon the character...narrative which provides X's life with its unity" (p. 209). These statements might be multiplied quite easily, but they suffice to show that there is... | |
 | Herbert Grabes - 1994 - 454 pages
..."unity of an individual life"19 is "the narrative embodied in a single life." And if, consequently, "what is better or worse for X depends upon the character...intelligible narrative which provides X's life with its unity,"20 at least personal ethics hinges entirely on the criterion for what makes up an "intelligible... | |
 | Lewis P. Hinchman, Sandra Hinchman - 1997 - 430 pages
...the notion of "good for x" and cognate notions in terms of some conception of the unity of x's life. What is better or worse for x depends upon the character...narrative which provides x's life with its unity. Unsurprisingly, it is the lack of any such unifying conception of a human life which underlies modern... | |
 | Markus Heilmann, Thomas Wägenbaur - 1998 - 288 pages
...individual life" bestehe in „the unity of a narrative embodied in a single life" 31 und deshalb gilt: „What is better or worse for X depends upon the...narrative which provides X's life with its unity". Und Nußbaum versucht zu zeigen, daß ein gut gelebtes 26 Alasdair Maclntyre, After Virtue, Notre Dame... | |
 | Charles B. Guignon - 1999 - 350 pages
...the notion of "good for X" and cognate notions in terms of some conception of the unity of X's life. What is better or worse for X depends upon the character...narrative which provides X's life with its unity. Unsurprisingly it is the lack of any such unifying conception of a human life which underlies modern... | |
 | Malcolm Bull - 1999 - 358 pages
...single location in moral space as the foundation of objective moral judgement. If, as MacIntyre claims, "What is better or worse for X depends upon the character...intelligible narrative which provides X's life with its unity",19 then what can be said about those whose communal narratives have given their lives disunity,... | |
 | Michael J. Sandel - 2007 - 428 pages
...the notion of "good for X" and cognate notions in terms of some conception of the unity of X's life. What is better or worse for X depends upon the character...narrative which provides X's life with its unity. Unsurprisingly it is the lack of any such unifying conception of a human life which underlies modern... | |
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