In this clear and fun to read book, boomer trujillo convincingly shows that playfulness is a virtue necessary for the good life. The Virtue of Playfulness is an important contribution to the growing work on the importance of play and its role in our lives.
Shawn E. Klein, Arizona State University, USA
This is a serious and scholarly consideration of the nature, virtue and importance of play and playfulness. trujillo provides an Aristotelian reading of play as part of a flourishing and worthwhile life and rightly concludes that life is best lived playfully.
Emily Ryall, University of Gloucestershire, UK
The Virtue of Playfulness is a timely, erudite, and compelling inquiry into the nature and importance of the virtue of playfulness. trujillo impressively and insightfully draws on work across the wide spectrum and deep history of philosophy, while deftly noting the scientific import of his claims. Despite the complexity of his subject and the breadth of his sources, trujillos writing is lucid, engaging, and frequently witty. At a time when philosophers are finally exploring play and its kin in more detailthrough the investigation of spontaneous freedom, games, volitional openness, and arttrujillos focus on playfulness as a virtue makes an exciting contribution.
Nick Riggle, The University of San Diego, USA
boomer trujillos book, The Virtue of Playfulness: Why Happy People Are Playful, is a must-read for anyone interested in playfulness, moral virtue, the good life, or simply human nature. For context, I am writing a book on the nature and value of playfulness myself, and I not only have read boomers wonderful book draft from cover to cover carefully twice, gleaning substantial new insights each time; I also have devoted the better part of a chapter to explaining why I disagree with him. I am sure I will read it from cover to cover again many more times; it richly repays careful study, and I plan to use it in my teaching. There can be no doubt that trujillos theory of playfulness is now the theory to beat. It is also written in a very accessible and engaging style, and I recommend it enthusiastically.
Michael Ridge, The University of Edinburgh, UK
We know that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, but too many philosophers have scorned play as time wasted, or else have valued it unreflectively as the mere absence of work. What if, instead, there are distinctive goods of play, and both mental and physical skills through which we can do a better or worse job of playing? This sounds paradoxical: doing a better job of playing? But boomer trujillos eudaimonistic account of the virtue of playfulness and its essential role in a good life approaches this challenge with wisdom and seriousness, effectively making the case that playfulness belongs in an Aristotelian system. trujillos appropriately light touch and lucid prose make this book an important contribution to the literature in eudaimonistic ethics, the philosophy of play, sport, and games, as well as an excellent introduction to virtue ethics for students at all levels.
Avery Kolers, The University of Louisville, USA
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