The ethics of mediocrity : conceit and the limits of distributive justice in the modern mediocre-artist narrative
The modern principle of freedom of subjectivity sets a moral standard which radically departs from Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean: modern moral agents, exemplified by the rising middle class, are granted the right to develop extreme dispositions towards goods like honour and wealth. Given that Ari...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3782 |