Doing Valuable Time: The Present, the Future, and Meaningful Living
Author:   Cheshire Calhoun (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780190851866


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Cheshire Calhoun (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 16.00cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780190851866


ISBN 10:   0190851864
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   26 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Having a Future, Leading a Life, and Spending Time Chapter 2: Geographies of Meaningful Living Chapter 3: Taking an Interest in One's Future Chapter 4: Motivating Hope Chapter 5: What Good is Commitment? Chapter 6: Living with Boredom Chapter 7: On Being Content with Imperfection Conclusion Bibliography Index

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"""Calhoun's book will interest those who want to think carefully about their actions in the present and how they relate to the future."" -- E. Kincanon, CHOICE ""This book is worth reading for anyone with an interest in what a meaningful life is all about."" -- Clemens Emanuel Schlink, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice ""Doing Valuable Time is a philosophical exercise, yet one with immensely practicable thoughts and concerns. ... I found it an encouraging and informing book."" -- Katherine Oktober Matthews, Riding the Dragon"


Doing Valuable Time is a philosophical exercise, yet one with immensely practicable thoughts and concerns. ... I found it an encouraging and informing book. * Katherine Oktober Matthews, Riding the Dragon *


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Cheshire Calhoun is Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. Her two previous books, Moral Aims: Getting It Right and Practicing Morality with Others (2016) and Feminism, the Family, and the Politics of the Closet: Lesbian and Gay Displacement (2000) were also published by Oxford University Press. Calhoun works in the areas of normative ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of emotion, and feminist philosophy.

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