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Introduction: Toward Re-Enchantment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2020

David McPherson
David McPherson
Affiliation:
Creighton University, Omaha
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I introduce the main theme of the book: the problem of disenchantment and neo-Aristotelian ethics as a response to this problem. I also describe my central objective of articulating and defending an even fuller kind of re-enchantment than is found in any of the major neo-Aristotelian views on offer and how this is connected to an understanding of human beings as being fundamentally and distinctively the meaning-seeking animal. Additionally, I seek to clarify what is meant by “disenchantment” and “re-enchantment” in order to avoid some possible misunderstandings. Finally, I provide an overview of each of the chapters that follow.

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Neo-Aristotelian Virtue EthicsDisenchantmentRe-EnchantmentMeaningMeaning of LifeStrong Evaluation
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Virtue and Meaning
A Neo-Aristotelian Perspective
 , pp. 1 - 7
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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