Narrative, Self-Realization, and the Shape of a Life

Velleman, MacIntyre, and others have argued for the compositional view that lives can be other than equally good for the person who lives them even though they contain all and only the same moments, and that this is explained by their narrative structure. I argue instead for explanation by self-real...

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Main Author: Clark, Samuel (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2018]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 371-385
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Autobiography
B Well-being
B Narrative
B Siegfried Sassoon
B Shape of a life
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