Enjoyment
The Moral Significance of Styles of Life
Kekes, John Professor Emeritus, University at Albany, SUNY
Print publication date: 2008 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-954692-3
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546923.003.0001
John Kekes
Enjoyment is an essential part of good lives. The development of a style of life is one way of achieving it. Moralism that stresses responsibility and ignores enjoyment makes good lives impossible and gives a bad name to morality. Although styles of life vary with individuals, reasonable and unreasonable ones can be distinguished. Styles of life described by Drabble, Trollope, and Woolf are examined.
Keywords: enjoyment, styles of life, moralism, reason, particularity, Drabble, Trollope, Woolf,
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546923.003.0001
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Part One Introduction
Part Two Style of Life
Part Three The Evaluation of Styles of Life
Part Four Some Particular Styles of Life
Part Five Conclusion