Joseph Kupfer
Biographic Data
| ID | 4443279 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joseph Kupfer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Kupfer |
| SIGNATURE | KUPFER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Therapist Self-Disclosure
The Pervasive Power of Humility
Unlike more conspicuous moral virtues such as courage or generosity, humility works behind the scenes, in a fittingly humble manner. It may be somewhat surprising, then, to realize the force that humility actually exerts in our moral lives. The pervasive power of humility is found especially in how it encourages other virtues. Besides the moral conduct that results directly from its nature, humility is exceptional, though perhaps not unique, in p…
Sainthood and the Good Life
When the Badness of Vice Outweighs the Goodness of Virtue
Organic Sublimity
You are standing in the redwood forest of California, craning your neck to see the top of the giant sequoias. You marvel at their grandeur, as the trees seem to pierce the sunny clouds, but you might find the sequoias even more marvellous if you knew they were over 200 feet high. And wouldn't you stand in still greater awe if you realized that these trees are more than 2,000 years old? Knowing the age of sequoias and other living things can be th…
When Waiting is Weightless
Gandhi and the Virtue of Care
The film Gandhi expands our understanding of how the virtue of care can function in the public sphere by portraying Gandhi dealing with Indian independence from Britain, the subjugation of women and Untouchables, and strife between Hindus and Muslims. Gandhi illustrates in his social and political activism how the virtue of care is animated by benevolence and structured by the building blocks of the care perspective: responsibility and need, rela…
Gandhi and the Virtue of Care
Stay in' Alive
The film Saturday Night Fever explores moral personality and how its development depends on the creation of a narrative of one's life. In each sphere of his life—work, family, and friends—Tony must struggle with competing visions of himself to understand and define himself
Suicide
From edifice to device
Architecture
Gandhi and the Virtue of Care
The film Gandhi expands our understanding of how the virtue of care can function in the public sphere by portraying Gandhi dealing with Indian independence from Britain, the subjugation of women and Untouchables, and strife between Hindus and Muslims. Gandhi illustrates in his social and political activism how the virtue of care is animated by benevolence and structured by the building blocks of the care perspective: responsibility and need, rela…
From edifice to device
Architecture
Suicide
From edifice to device
Organic Sublimity
You are standing in the redwood forest of California, craning your neck to see the top of the giant sequoias. You marvel at their grandeur, as the trees seem to pierce the sunny clouds, but you might find the sequoias even more marvellous if you knew they were over 200 feet high. And wouldn't you stand in still greater awe if you realized that these trees are more than 2,000 years old? Knowing the age of sequoias and other living things can be th…
When Waiting is Weightless
Gandhi and the Virtue of Care
The film Gandhi expands our understanding of how the virtue of care can function in the public sphere by portraying Gandhi dealing with Indian independence from Britain, the subjugation of women and Untouchables, and strife between Hindus and Muslims. Gandhi illustrates in his social and political activism how the virtue of care is animated by benevolence and structured by the building blocks of the care perspective: responsibility and need, rela…
Gandhi and the Virtue of Care
Stay in' Alive
The film Saturday Night Fever explores moral personality and how its development depends on the creation of a narrative of one's life. In each sphere of his life—work, family, and friends—Tony must struggle with competing visions of himself to understand and define himself
When the Badness of Vice Outweighs the Goodness of Virtue
Sainthood and the Good Life
The Pervasive Power of Humility
Unlike more conspicuous moral virtues such as courage or generosity, humility works behind the scenes, in a fittingly humble manner. It may be somewhat surprising, then, to realize the force that humility actually exerts in our moral lives. The pervasive power of humility is found especially in how it encourages other virtues. Besides the moral conduct that results directly from its nature, humility is exceptional, though perhaps not unique, in p…
Therapist Self-Disclosure
Philosophy (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Virtue (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)