TY - BOOK AU - Geibel,Heidi M. TI - Ethical excellence: philosophers, psychologists, and real-life exemplars show us how to achieve it SN - 9780813233345 AV - BJ1533 .E845 2020 KW - Excellence KW - Conduct of life KW - Electronic Books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 2; Intro --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Part 1: Foundations of Ethical Excellence --; 1. Theoretical Foundations: Ethical Excellence and the Good Life --; 2. Practical Foundations: Recognizing Your Potential --; 3. Personal Foundations: Willpower --; Part 2: Knowing Yourself: The Good, the Not-So-Good, and the Potentially Good --; 4. Examining Your Life --; 5. Refusing to Rationalize --; 6. Honesty: The Courage to Tell the Truth --; Part 3: Fixing Your Flaws: Broadening Your View and Taming Your Inner Beast --; 7. Broadening Your View --; 8. Temperance: Taming Your Inner Beast; 9. Perseverance: The Strength to Keep Going --; Part 4: Good Thing It's Not All about You: Understanding, Humility, and Learning by Example --; 10. Understanding Others --; 11. Identifying Role Models: Positive and Negative --; 12. Humility: Living with Your Limits --; Part 5: Giving People What They Deserve: What You Owe Your Parents, Your Benefactors, and People in General --; 13. Justice: Treating People Rightly --; 14. Piety: Revering Your Roots --; 15. Gratitude: Acknowledging Goodness --; Part 6: Extending Goodness: Next Door, across the World, and Everywhere in Between; 16. Friendship: Keeping Good Company --; 17. Befriending the World --; 18. Benevolence and Generosity: The Most Lovable Virtues --; Part 7: Pursuing Wisdom-and What to Do until You Find It --; 19. Tying It All Together: Practical Wisdom and Ethical Virtue --; 20. When All Else Fails... --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; 2; b UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2734218&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -