| Description |
viii, 306 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to Virtue Ethics / Daniel Statman -- 2. What is Virtue Ethics All About? / Gregory Velazco y Trianosky -- 3. On the Primacy of Character / Gary Watson -- 4. Virtue Ethics and Satisficing Rationality / Christine Swanton -- 5. Virtue Ethics and the Emotions / Rosalind Hursthouse -- 6. Emotional Identification, Closeness and Size: Some Contributions to Virtue Ethics / Michael Stocker -- 7. From Morality to Virtue / Michael Slote -- 8. By Virtue of a Virtue / Harold Alderman -- 9. Internal Objections to Virtue Ethics / David Solomon -- 10. On Some Vices of Virtue Ethics / Robert B. Louden -- 11. Virtue Ethics: A Qualified Success Story / Phillip Montague -- 12. Corporate Roles, Personal Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach to Business Ethics / Robert C. Solomon -- 13. Virtue Theory and Abortion / Rosalind Hursthouse -- 14. Contemporary Virtue Ethics and Aristotle / Peter Simpson -- 15. Does Aristotle Have a Virtue Ethics? / Gerasimos X. Santas |
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16. Kant's Virtue Ethics / Robert B. Louden |
| Summary |
This book provides a complete course in virtue ethics, a topic which has inspired one of the most interesting contemporary debates in ethical history. It comprises an introduction to virtue ethics by the editor and a collection of the most important essays which have been published on the topic in the last decade, including two original contributions by Rosalind Hursthouse and Michael Stocker. The essays encompass a wide range of aspects: the differences between virtue ethics and traditional duty ethics; present arguments for and against virtue ethics; the practical implications of virtue ethics; the Aristotelian and Kantian attitudes to virtue ethics |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Ethics.
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Virtue.
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Virtues.
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| Author |
Statman, Daniel.
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| LC no. |
97013008 |
| ISBN |
0748608966 (Edinburgh University Press : pbk.) |
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0748608982 (Edinburgh University Press : hbk.) |
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0878402209 (cloth) |
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0878402217 (paperback) |
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