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Author / Creator:	Goodin, Robert E.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Political ethics. Contentment. Compromise (Ethics) Compromise (Ethics) Contentment. Political ethics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11160017

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ISBN:	9781400845316 1400845319 9780691148458 0691148457 1283594382 9781283594387
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In a culture that worships ceaseless striving, ""settling"" seems like giving up. But is it? On Settling defends the positive value of settling, explaining why this disdained practice is not only more realistic but more useful than an excessive ideal of striving. In fact, the book makes the case that we'd all be lost without settling--and that even to strive, one must first settle. We may admire strivers and love the ideal of striving, but who of us could get through a day without settling? Real people, confronted with a complex problem, simply make do, settling for some resol.
Other form:	Print version: 9786613906830
Standard no.:	9786613906830

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