Virtue ethics occupies the strange position of being one of the oldest and most prominently discussed ethical theories throughout history, and yet many contemporary moral philosophers do not recognize it as a genuine alternative to currently prominent normative theories, such as utilitarianism or Ka
Working Virtue: Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Moral Problems
โ Scribed by Rebecca L. Walker, Philip J. Ivanhoe
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 330
- Edition
- First Edition
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Jonathan Sanford finds that despite the common origins of contemporary virtue ethics in Anscombe, the literature varies widely not just in its scope but in its basic commitments. What exactly is contemporary virtue ethics? In Before Virtue, Sanford develops strategies for describing contemporary vir
<p><span>A contemporary model of spiritual struggle shifts the emphasis from virtue's acquisition to its pursuit</span><span><br><br></span><span>Beyond Virtue Ethics</span><span> offers a distinctive approach to virtue ethics, arguing not simply for the importance of "struggle" to virtue ethics, bu