The essays in this volume discuss a range of questions relating to virtue ethics--a form of moral theory that has gained considerable attention in recent years. These questions include: What traits ought to be considered virtues? What is the proper place of virtue in a complete moral theory? Is it true, as the ancients thought, that there is a "unity of virtue," implying that to have virtue entails having all the others? What is the nature of vice or wickedness? Some of the essays in this volume explore the connection between virtue and flourishing or well-being, asking whether virtue is necessary or sufficient for leading a happy life. Some deal with specific virtues, such as pride or respect, or with the relationship between the virtues and emotions.
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"...the essays contained in Virtue and Vice represent important new contributions to the field of virtue ethics. For that reason alone, this collection deserves careful study by philosophers (and advanced students philosophy) interested in exploring the merits of a moral philosophy grounded in the virtues." Teaching Philosophy
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An examination of a range of questions relating to virtue ethics - a form of moral theory that has gained considerable attention in recent years. These essays offer valuable insights into the nature of virtue and its role in moral theory.
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legitimating version, moral educationalist, nonautonomous actions, public comprehensibility, classical virtue ethics, sociopolitical conduct, prudential goods, thesis that virtue, perfectly virtuous person, amoral person, secular rationale, perfectionist value, civic voice, idea that virtue, unified condition, proud person, prudential value, moral shift, single knowledge, virtue ethicists, prima facie obligation, moral wrongdoing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Nicomachean Ethics, Harvard University Press, The Morality of Happiness, Clarendon Press, Diogenes Laertius, Julia Annas, Adam Smith, Bernard Williams, Social Philosophy, The Moralists, Policy Foundation, Friedrich Nietzsche, Marcus Aurelius, Midwest Studies, Miscellaneous Reflections, Critique of Practical Reason, David Hume, Philosophical Regimen, Third Earl, Michael Slote, Notre Dame, Pragmatic Point of View New!
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- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 23 pages
- The Morality of Happiness by Julia Annas on 14 pages
- Kant: Critique of Practical Reason (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Immanuel Kant on 6 pages
- Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Immanuel Kant on 6 pages
- Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta by J. Von Arnim on 5 pages
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- Introduction to Virtue Ethics: Insights of the Ancient Greeks by Raymond J. Devettere on 5 pages
- Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist by Tara Smith on page 229, and Back Matter
- The Joy of Philosophy: Thinking Thin versus the Passionate Life by Robert C. Solomon in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Her Master's Tools?: Feminist And Postcolonial Engagements of Historical-Critical Discourse (Global Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship) by et al Caroline Vander Stichele (Editor) on page 296, and Back Matter
- The Joy of Philosophy: Thinking Thin versus the Passionate Life by Robert C. Solomon in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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