00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-8027295163992905207 Buklod 20241206113835.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 241126s2021 nyu u eng 9780197538364 (eBook) 9780197538333 (eBook) 9780197538357 (eBook) 21972147 DLC DLAW rda eng 179/.9 23 BJ 1533 A4 R46 2021eb Rhode, Deborah L. author. Ambition for what Deborah L. Rhode. Electronic resources . New York, NY Oxford University Press [2021] 1 online resource (32 pages) 25 cm text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Includes index. Recognition -- Money -- Power -- Gender -- The development of ambition and the role of class, race, ethnicity, and national origin -- Families and schools -- Conclusion: Ambition for what? At what cost. Ambition is a dominant force in for human civilization, driving its greatest achievements and most horrific abuses. Our striving has brought art, airplanes, and antibiotics, as well as wars, genocide, and despotism. This mixed record raises obvious concerns about how we can channel ambition in the most productive directions. To that end, the book begins by exploring three central focuses of ambition: recognition, power, and money,. It argues that an excessive preoccupation with these external markers for success can be self defeating for individuals and toxic for society. Discussion then shifts to the obstacles to constructive ambition and the consequences when ambitions are skewed or blocked by inequality and identity-related characteristics such as gender, race, class, and national origin. Attention also centers on the ways that families, schools, and colleges might play a more effective role in developing positive ambition. The book concludes with an exploration of what sorts of ambitions contribute to sustained well being. Contemporary research makes clear that that, even from a purely self -interested perspective, individuals would do well to strive for some goals that transcend the self. Pursuing objectives that have intrinsic value, such as building relationships and contributing to society, generally brings greater fulfilment than chasing extrinsic rewards such as wealth, power, and fame. And society benefits when ambitions for self advancement do not crowd out efforts for the common good. The hope is to prompt readers to reconsider where their ambitions are leading and whether that destination reflects their deepest needs and highest aspirations"-- Provided by publisher. Ambition. Electronic books. L. Rhode, Deborah New York : Oxford University Press, 2021. Online version Ambition (DLC) 2021008289 9780197538357. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197538333.001.0001 click here to access Available to all UP Students University of the Philippines, College of Law FO UPD DLAW BJ 1533 A4 R46 2021 Electronic Resource