Flourishing in a Risky World

Q1 Arts and Humanities

The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Pub Date : 2021-12-17 DOI:10.5325/jaynrandstud.21.2.0240

W. Bates

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Abstract

ABSTRACT:The reviewer discusses how Kathleen Touchstone’s book, Freedom, Eudaemonia, and Risk, raises the big question of why a person would rationally choose to risk their life, as well as prompting readers to think deeply about other issues including the natural rights of children, the point at which human life begins, the virtue of parenting, rules of thumb for charitable giving, and the bequest motive in risking death. He considers that Touchstone makes an important contribution in explaining the role that a person’s concept of identity plays in principled risk-taking and by emphasizing that life is not riskless.

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在充满风险的世界中蓬勃发展

摘要:本文讨论了凯瑟琳·塔奇斯通的《自由、快乐与风险》一书如何提出了一个重大问题，即为什么一个人会理性地选择冒生命危险，并促使读者深入思考其他问题，包括儿童的自然权利、人类生命的起点、养育子女的美德、慈善捐赠的经验法则以及冒生命危险的遗赠动机。他认为，试金石在解释一个人的身份概念在原则性冒险中所起的作用方面做出了重要贡献，并强调了生活并非没有风险。

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The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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