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Author : Rosalind Hursthouse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198238185
Virtue ethics is perhaps the most important development within late 20th-century moral philosophy. Rosalind Hursthouse presents an exposition and defence of her neo-Aristotelian version of virtue ethics.
Author : Christine Swanton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199253889
Major concerns of modern ethical theory are addressed from a character-based perspective in this new, comprehensive theory of virtue ethics.
Author : Stan van Hooft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 24,83 MB
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1317544773
Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary applied ethics. Virtue ethics now flourishes in philosophy, sociology and theology and its applications extend to law, politics and bioethics. "The Handbook of Virtue Ethics" brings together leading international scholars to provide an overview of the field. Each chapter summarizes and assesses the most important work on a particular topic and sets this work in the context of historical developments. Taking a global approach by embracing a variety of major cultural traditions along with the Western, the "Handbook" maps the emergence of virtue ethics and provides a framework for future developments.
Author : Stephen Mark Gardiner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 21,54 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780801489686
"There are grounds for saying that contemporary work in virtue ethics is, if not quite in its theoretical infancy, at least not far out of diapers. And this suggests that we should be gentle and nurturing, allowing it time to flourish before coming to any definitive verdict on its merits.... However, it is hard to deny that modern-day virtue ethics is part of a long, sophisticated and fairly continuous tradition. Not only does the approach have origins almost as ancient as philosophy itself, but its history also includes extensive work by such philosophical luminaries as (at least) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Aquinas, and (perhaps) Hume and Nietzsche. And this suggests that we should already be in a good position to assess its appeal."--from the Introduction In Virtue Ethics, Old and New, ten philosophers seek to enrich the contemporary understanding and development of virtue ethics through a detailed examination of some key contributions from its past. Their essays demonstrate the continuing relevance of the history of moral philosophy to contemporary debates.
Author : Richard Taylor
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1615924523
In this fresh evaluation of Western ethics, noted philosopher Richard Taylor argues that philosophy must return to the classical notion of virtue as the basis of ethics. To ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, ethics was chiefly the study of how individuals attain personal excellence, or "virtue," defined as intellectual sophistication, wisdom, strength of character, and creativity. With the ascendancy of the Judeo-Christian ethic, says Taylor, this emphasis on pride of personal worth was lost. Instead, philosophy became preoccupied with defining right and wrong in terms of a divine lawgiver, and the concept of virtue was debased to mean mere obedience to divine law. Even today, in the absence of religious belief, modern thinkers unwittingly continue this legacy by creating hairsplitting definitions of good and evil.Taylor points out that the ancients rightly understood the ultimate concern of ethics to be the search for happiness, a concept that seems to have eluded contemporary society despite unprecedented prosperity and convenience. Extolling Aristotle''s Nicomachean Ethics, Taylor urges us to reread this brilliant and still relevant treatise, especially its emphasis on an ethic of aspiration.
Author : Paula Gottlieb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 052176176X
This text looks at Aristotle's claims, particularly the much-maligned doctrine of the mean.
Author : Rebecca L. Walker
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 23,64 MB
Release : 2007-01-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199271658
A collective study of virtue theory and contemporary moral problems, this work discusses topics in bioethics, professional ethics, ethics of the family, law, interpersonal ethics, and the emotions. It offers a variety of perspectives, including pluralistic, eudaimonistic, care-theoretical, Chinese, comparative and stoic.
Author : Rosalind Hursthouse
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,95 MB
Release : 1999-12-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0191519367
Virtue ethics is perhaps the most important development within late twentieth-century moral philosophy. Rosalind Hursthouse, who has made notable contributions to this development, now presents a full exposition and defence of her neo-Aristotelian version of virtue ethics. She shows how virtue ethics can provide guidance for action, illuminate moral dilemmas, and bring out the moral significance of the emotions. Deliberately avoiding a combative stance, she finds less disagreement between Kantian and neo-Aristotelian approaches than is usual, and she offers the first account from a virtue ethics perspective of acting 'from a sense of duty'. She considers the question which character traits are virtues, and explores how answers to this question can be justified by appeal to facts about human nature. Written in a clear, engaging style which makes it accessible to non-specialists, On Virtue Ethics will appeal to anyone with an interest in moral philosophy.
Author : Roger Crisp
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,50 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Abortion
ISBN : 0198751885
This volume brings together much of the most influential work undertaken in the field of virtue ethics over the last four decades. The ethics of virtue predominated in the ancient world, and recent moral philosophy has seen a revival of interest in virtue ethics as a rival to Kantian and utilitarian approaches to morality. Divided into four sections, the collection includes articles critical of other traditions; early attempts to offer a positive vision of virtue ethics; some later criticisms of the revival of virtue ethics; and, finally, some recent, more theoretically ambitious essays in virtue ethics.
Author : Daniel C. Russell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,70 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1107001161
This volume addresses the history, future and contemporary application of virtue ethics.