For Flourishing S Sake

Author : Frederika Roberts
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787750258

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For Flourishing's Sake by Frederika Roberts Pdf

Positive and character education are increasingly recognised as providing valuable ways for schools to improve the individual and social development and academic attainment of all students. Introducing new approaches for whole school implementation can be a daunting task as all aspects of school life can be affected by adopting a new philosophy. Frederika Roberts provides clear thinking, guidance and inspiration to help you introduce enhance or expand positive education in your school. Drawing on interviews with pioneering school leaders and teachers from across the globe, Roberts weaves real life examples with research backed expert advice on all aspects of integrating character education in schools, including chapters on cultural context, leadership, and staff training. This empowering, strengths-based book is a friendly companion providing the encouragement you need, along with a healthy dose of practical ideas, to help your school and each individual in its community to flourish.

Author : Ellen Frankel Paul,Fred D. Miller,Fred Dycus Miller,Jeffrey Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521644712

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Human Flourishing: Volume 16, Part 1 by Ellen Frankel Paul,Fred D. Miller,Fred Dycus Miller,Jeffrey Paul Pdf

The essays in this volume examine the nature of human flourishing and its relationship to a variety of other key concepts in moral theory. Some of them trace the link between flourishing and human nature, asking whether a theory of human nature can allow us to develop an objective list of goods that are of value to all agents, regardless of their individual purposes or aims. Some essays look at the role of friendships or parent-child relationships in a good life, or seek to determine whether an ethical theory based on human flourishing can accommodate concern for others for their own sake. Other essays analyze the function of families or other social-political institutions in promoting the flourishing of individuals. Still others explore the implications of flourishing for political theory, asking whether considerations of human flourishing can help us to derive principles of social justice.

Author : Jan B. W. Pedersen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498587785

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Balanced Wonder by Jan B. W. Pedersen Pdf

In Balanced Wonder, Jan B. W. Pedersen digs deep into the alluring topic of wonder, in dialogue with Neo-Aristotelian philosophers, arguing that the experience of wonder, when balanced, serves as a strong contributor to human flourishing.

Author : Martin E. P. Seligman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780743222983

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Authentic Happiness by Martin E. P. Seligman Pdf

Argues that happiness can be a learned and cultivated behavior, explaining how every person possesses at least five of twenty-four profiled strengths that can be built on in order to improve life.

Author : Stratford Caldecott
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410606

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Beauty for Truth's Sake by Stratford Caldecott Pdf

Based in the riches of Christian worship and tradition, this brief, eloquently written introduction to Christian thinking and worldview helps readers put back together again faith and reason, truth and beauty, and the fragmented academic disciplines. By reclaiming the classic liberal arts and viewing disciplines such as science and mathematics through a poetic lens, the author explains that unity is present within diversity. Now repackaged with a new foreword by Ken Myers, this book will continue to benefit parents, homeschoolers, lifelong learners, Christian students, and readers interested in the history of ideas.

Author : Martin E. P. Seligman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781439190760

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Flourish by Martin E. P. Seligman Pdf

Explains the four pillars of well-being--meaning and purpose, positive emotions, relationships, and accomplishment--placing emphasis on meaning and purpose as the most important for achieving a life of fulfillment.

Author : Lester H. Hunt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134865734

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Nietzsche and the Origin of Virtue by Lester H. Hunt Pdf

Lester Hunt examines in detail areas such as Nietzsche's views on human rights, his `anti-political` stance and his unusual use of the idea of `experimentation' as an ethical ideal. Should we accept and use his ideas?

Author : Douglas B. Rasmussen,Douglas J.Den Uyl
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271046334

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Norms of Liberty by Douglas B. Rasmussen,Douglas J.Den Uyl Pdf

Author : Thomas L. Spalding,James M. Stedman,Christina L. Gagné,Matthew Kostelecky
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030339128

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The Human Person by Thomas L. Spalding,James M. Stedman,Christina L. Gagné,Matthew Kostelecky Pdf

This book introduces the Aristotelian-Thomistic view of the human person to a contemporary audience, and reviews the ways in which this view could provide a philosophically sound foundation for modern psychology. The book presents the current state of psychology and offers critiques of the current philosophical foundations. In its presentation of the fundamental metaphysical commitments of the Aristotelian-Thomistic view, it places the human being within the broader understanding of the world. Chapters discuss the Aristotelian-Thomistic view of human and non-human cognition as well as the relationship between cognition and emotion. In addition, the book discusses the Aristotelian-Thomistic conception of human growth and development, including how the virtue theory relates to current psychological approaches to normal human development, the development of character problems that lead to psychopathology, current conceptions of positive psychology, and the place of the individual in the social world. The book ends with a summary of how Aristotelian-Thomistic theory relates to science in general and psychology in particular. The Human Person will be of interest to psychologists and cognitive scientists working within a number of subfields, including developmental psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and clinical psychology, and to philosophers working on the philosophy of psychology, philosophy of mind, and the interaction between historical philosophy and contemporary science, as well as linguists and computer scientists interested in psychology of language and artificial intelligence.

Author : Richard Kraut
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674027084

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What Is Good and Why by Richard Kraut Pdf

What is good, how do we know, and how important is it? Kraut reorients these questions around the notion of what causes human beings to flourish. Extending his argument to include plants and animals, Kraut applies a general principle to the entire living world: what is good for complex organisms consists in the exercise of their natural powers.

Author : Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781350418905

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Human Flourishing by Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley Pdf

In this first systematic reconstruction of the concept of human flourishing, Eri Mountbatten-O'Malley addresses the central problems with the treatment of the concept in psychology, education, policy and science. Drawing on Wittgenstein and his followers, he develops a sophisticated methodology of conceptual analysis and makes the case for paying closer attention to complex human contexts, purposes and uses. Adopting a conceptual approach, informed by fundamental insights adapted from Wittgenstein's philosophy of language, Mountbatten-O'Malley highlights the key features and connections in the conceptual landscape of human flourishing, such as humanness, agency, personal growth, happiness and meaning. He considers the extent to which any claim to knowledge is reliant on a putative human nature, what that nature is, and how we can better understand such notions. Re-humanizing current research on the concept that is technicalized and detached from ordinary uses, this volume takes the 'human' in conceptions of human flourishing seriously.

Author : Den Uyl Douglas Den Uyl
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474413367

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Perfectionist Turn by Den Uyl Douglas Den Uyl Pdf

Contemporary political philosophy - especially in the works of Martha Nussbaum, John Rawls and Amartya Sen - has assumed that it can separate itself off from other philosophical positions and frameworks. In this book, Den Uyl and Rasmussen challenge this trend by moving from the liberalism they advocate in their earlier work to what they call 'individualistic perfectionism' in ethics. They continue to challenge the assumption that a neo-Aristotelian ethical framework cannot support a liberal, non-perfectionist political theory by filling in the nature of the perfectionist ethical approach utilised in their previous political theorising. By developing the central features and principles of individualistic perfectionism they show that it is a major and powerful alternative to much contemporary ethical thinking - particularly to constructivism - and that it is capable of overcoming standard objections to perfectionism.

Author : Andrew Briggs,Michael J. Reiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192692634

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Human Flourishing by Andrew Briggs,Michael J. Reiss Pdf

'A careful and thoughtful provocation' (Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury) Ambitiously placed at the intersection of scientific insights and spiritual wisdom, Human Flourishing prompts us to reflect on what constitutes a good life and the choices that can help achieve it. For thousands of years, humans have asked 'Why we are here?' and 'What makes for a good life?' At different times, different answers have held sway. Nowadays, there are more answers proposed than ever. Much of humanity still finds the ultimate answers to such questions in religion. But in countries across the globe, secular views are widely held. In any event, whether religious or secular, individuals, communities and governments still have to make decisions about what people get from life. This book therefore examines what is meant by human flourishing and see what it has to offer for those seeking after truth, meaning and purpose. This is a book written for anyone who wants a future for themselves, their children, and their fellow humans - a future that enables flourishing, pays due consideration to issues of truth and helps us find meaning and purpose in our lives. At a time when most of us are bombarded with messages about what we should or should not do to live healthily, attain a work-life balance and find meaning, a careful consideration of the contributions of both scientific insight and spiritual wisdom provides a new angle. This is therefore a book that not only helps readers clarify their views and see things afresh but also help them improve their own well-being in an age of AI and other new technologies.

Author : Shane J. Lopez
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781444357929

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The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology by Shane J. Lopez Pdf

Positive psychology, the pursuit of understanding optimal human functioning, is reshaping the scholarly and public views of how we see the science of psychology. The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology provides a comprehensive and accessible summary of this growing area of scholarship and practice. 288 specially commissioned entries written by 150 leading international researchers, educators, and practitioners in positive psychology covers topics of interest across all social sciences as well as business and industry the most current, extensive, and accessible treatment of the subject available topical primer clarifies basic constructs and processes associated with positive psychology will be useful to students, teachers, practitioners, businesspeople, and policy makers

Author : Emma Marris
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781635574968

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Wild Souls by Emma Marris Pdf

Winner of the 2022 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award * Winner of the 2022 Science in Society Journalism Award (Books) * Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “Thoughtful, insightful, and wise, Wild Souls is a landmark work.”--Ed Yong, author of An Immense World "Fascinating . . . hands-on philosophy, put to test in the real world . . . Marris believes that our idea of wildness--our obsession with purity--is misguided. No animal remains untouched by human hands . . . the science isn't the hard part. The real challenge is the ethics, the act of imagining our appropriate place in that world." --Outside Magazine From an acclaimed environmental writer, a groundbreaking and provocative new vision for our relationships with--and responsibilities toward--the planet's wild animals. Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals so seemingly compatible as to be almost inseparable. But in fact, between animal welfare and conservation science there exists a space of underexamined and unresolved tension: wildness itself. When is it right to capture or feed wild animals for the good of their species? How do we balance the rights of introduced species with those already established within an ecosystem? Can hunting be ecological? Are any animals truly wild on a planet that humans have so thoroughly changed? No clear guidelines yet exist to help us resolve such questions. Transporting readers into the field with scientists tackling these profound challenges, Emma Marris tells the affecting and inspiring stories of animals around the globe--from Peruvian monkeys to Australian bilbies, rare Hawai'ian birds to majestic Oregon wolves. And she offers a companionable tour of the philosophical ideas that may steer our search for sustainability and justice in the non-human world. Revealing just how intertwined animal life and human life really are, Wild Souls will change the way we think about nature-and our place within it.