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FT-58183-10Research Programs: Summer StipendsEmrys WestacottFrugality: A Philosophical Study5/1/2010 - 9/30/2010$6,000.00Emrys Westacott   Alfred UniversityAlfredNY14802-1205USA2010EthicsSummer StipendsResearch Programs6000060000

My project is a book-length philosophical examination of the concept of frugality, understood here to mean the virtue of living simply with few needs or expenses. Questions posed include: Why has frugality traditionally been considered a virtue? Should it still be regarded as a virtue today? Why is extravagance commonly seen as a vice? Is this view reasonable? Is there a connection between frugality and happiness? Is there a connection between frugality and wisdom. The book will draw from a venerable philosophical and literary tradition and connect up with contemporary research in the social sciences.