In contemporary culture, accountability is usually understood in terms
of holding people who have done something wrong accountable for their
actions. As such, it is virtually synonymous with punishing someone.
Living Accountably argues that accountability should also be
understood as a significant, forward-looking virtue, an excellence
possessed by those who willingly embrace being accountable to those
who have proper standing, when that standing is exercised
appropriately. Those who have this virtue are people who strive to
live accountably. The book gives a fine-grained description of the
virtue and how it is exercised, including an account of the
motivational profile of the one who has the virtue. It examines the
relation of accountability to other virtues, such as honesty and
humility, as well as opposing vices, such as self-deception,
arrogance, and servility. Though the virtue of accountability is
compatible with individual autonomy, recognizing the importance of the
virtue does justice to the social character of human persons. C.
Stephen Evans also explores the history of this virtue in other
cultures and historical eras, providing evidence that the virtue is
widely recognized, even if it is somewhat eclipsed in modern western
societies. Accountability is also a virtue that connects ethical life
with religious life for many people, since it is common for people to
have a sense that they are accountable in a global way for how they
live their lives. Living Accountably explores the question as to
whether global accountability can be understood in a purely secular
way, as accountability to other humans, or whether it must be
understood as accountability to God, or some other transcendent
reality.
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ISBN
9780192653062
Publisert
2022
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OUP Oxford
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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