Dimensions
163 x 240 x 20mm
The Mismeasure of the Self is dedicated to vices that blight many lives. The book focuses on vices of self-evaluation and describes their pervasive harmful effects in some detail. Even though the influence of these traits extends to any aspect of life, the focus of this is book is their damaging impact on the life of the intellect. The analyses developed in this work build on empirical research in attitude psychology and on philosophical
theories in virtue ethics and epistemology. The book concludes with a positive proposal for weakening vice and promoting virtue.
