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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Morality, Happiness, and the “Good Life”: How Do I Live My Life, and Why Do I Live That Way?
2. Intentions, Good Acts, and Human Freedom
3. Why Virtue? The Moral Life as More Than Actions
4. The Virtue of Temperance: Living a Passionate Moral Life
5. The Virtue of Prudence: Knowing the Truth and Living It
6. Alcohol and American College Life: Test Case One
7. The Virtue of Justice and Justice in Waging War
8. Using the Atom Bomb in World War II: Test Case Two
9. The Virtue of Fortitude and the Unity of the Virtues
10. A Transition: Actions, Practices, and Big-Picture Beliefs about the Way Things Are
11. The Virtue of Faith: Answering Big-Picture Questions
12. Sin: Corruption of Human Happiness
13. The Virtue of Hope: Eternity in this Life and the Next
14. Jesus Christ: Incarnation and Life in Christ
15. The Virtue of Charity: The Form of the Christian Life
16. Grace: The Gift of the Holy Spirit for the Virtuous Life
17. Chastity and Nonmarital Sex: Test Case Three
18. Euthanasia: Test Case Four
Epilogue: Praying for Virtues
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