Reverence Renewing a Forgotten Virtue

Name: Reverence Renewing a Forgotten Virtue
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ISBN: 9780199350803

ISBN-10: 0199350809

ISBN-13: 9780199350803

Edition: 2nd 2014

Authors: Paul Woodruff

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Reverence is an ancient virtue that survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of civility and moments of inarticulate awe. Reverence gives meaning to much that we do, yet the word has almost passed out of our vocabulary.Reverence, says philosopher and classicist Paul Woodruff, begins in an understanding of human limitations. From this grows the capacity to be in awe of whatever we believe lies outside our control -- God, truth, justice, nature, even death. It is a quality of character that is especially important in leadership and in teaching, although it figures in virtually every human relationship. It transcends religious boundaries and can be found outside religion…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.04" wide x 6.97" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Paul Woodruff is former dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies and currently Darrell K. Royal Professor in Ethics and American Society at the University of Texas at Austin. His latest book is The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness and Rewards .