{"product_id":"ideals-and-meaningfulness","title":"Ideals and Meaningfulness","description":"The book develops a theory of ideals as conceptions of admirable ways of being. It provides a\u003cbr\u003estory of what it means to have an ideal and why the rationality of acquiring one’s ideals implies a\u003cbr\u003egreater degree of selectivity than does our admiration for the manifestation of ideals in others.\u003cbr\u003eHaving ideals is understood as a relationship between an agent and an ideal, consisting of a set of\u003cbr\u003eemotional dispositions, at the heart of which lies a feeling of a calling to be as represented by the\u003cbr\u003eideal. This relationship is normatively significant. It provides the agent with a reason to try to live\u003cbr\u003eup to one’s ideal. The question arises, moreover, whether a life suffused with ideals is a better life.\u003cbr\u003eHere it is argued that the pursuit of one’s ideals doesn’t necessarily make one happier, but has the\u003cbr\u003epotential of rendering one’s life more meaningful in a number of ways.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249722020184,"sku":"9781786611420","price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781786611420_0dfd39b3-0aba-4035-9ca6-ca4d9c727c90.jpg?v=1768357819","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ideals-and-meaningfulness","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}