Will as Commitment and Resolve: An Existential Account of Creativity, Love, Virtue, and Happiness

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■ Will as Commitment and Resolve j o h n d a v e n p o r t An Existential Account of Creativity, Love, Virtue, and Happiness F O R D H A M U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S New York 2007 ■ Copyright  2007 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical , photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Davenport, John J., 1966– Will as commitment and resolve : an existential critique of virtue, love, and happiness / John J. Davenport.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-2575-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8232-2575-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Will. 2. Ethics. 3. Conduct of life. I. Title. BJ1461.D27 2007 128⬘.3—dc22 2007018583 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 First edition T O R O B I N And to the memory of my grandparents: Gladys Sperry, Pierce Sperry, Daisy Davenport, and Louis Davenport II ...