{"product_id":"memoir-ethics-9781498533652","title":"Memoir Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMemoir Ethics: Good Lives and the Virtues is a philosophical study of moral themes in memoirs, exploring how memoirists present and defend perspectives on good lives. It pays particular attention to the interplay of the virtues, including their interplay with additional (non-moral) types of values in good lives. More generally, it explores the relevance of memoir to moral philosophy, and in turn how moral philosophy enters into elucidating and critiquing memoirs. Memoirs are understood as non-fiction narratives written by oneself and significantly about oneself (including full-life autobiographies). Mike W. Martin  explores perspectives on good lives as they are expressed in memoirs written by both philosophers and non-philosophers.   Most of the chapters focus on one of the generic aspects of good lives: moral goodness, authenticity, meaningfulness, happiness, health, and self-fulfillment. The book clarifies how memoirists often employ life-based arguments in defending value perspecti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Morality in Memoir  Chapter 2 Life-Based Arguments  Chapter 3 Good Character  Chapter 4 Authenticity as a Virtue  Chapter 5 Authenticity and Self-Knowledge  Chapter 6 Meaning and Motivation  Chapter 7 Meaning and Unity  Chapter 8 Pursuits of Happiness  Chapter 9 Healthy Coping with Illness  Chapter 10 Self-Fulfillment  Chapter 11 Philosophers’ Memoirs  Chapter 12 Conclusion: Lives and Stories","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040707314007,"sku":"9781498533652","price":74.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498533652.jpg?v=1750947587","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/memoir-ethics-9781498533652","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}