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Virtue Ethics : A Critical Reader / Daniel Statman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748608980
  • 9781474472845
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 179.9
LOC classification:
  • BJ1531 .V57 1997eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to Virtue Ethics -- 2. What is Virtue Ethics All About? -- 3. On the Primacy of Character -- 4. Virtue Ethics and Satisficing Rationality -- 5. Virtue Ethics and the Emotions -- 6. Emotional Identification, Closeness and Size: Some Contributions to Virtue Ethics -- 7. From Morality to Virtue -- 8. By Virtue of a Virtue -- 9. Internal Objections to Virtue Ethics -- 10. On Some Vices o f Virtue Ethics -- 11. Virtue Ethics: A Qualified Success Story -- 12. Corporate Roles, Personal Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach to Business Ethics -- 13. Virtue Theory and Abortion -- 14. Contemporary Virtue Ethics and Aristotle -- 15. Does Aristotle Have a Virtue Ethics? -- 16. Kant’s Virtue Ethics -- Index
Summary: The central question in contemporary ethics is whether virtue can replace duty as the primary notion in ethical theory. The subject of intense contemporary debate in ethical theory, virtue ethics is currently enjoying an increase in interest. This is the first book to focus directly on the subject. It provides a clear, systematic introduction to the area and houses under one cover a collection of the central articles published on the debate over the past decade. The essays encompass a wide range ofaspects: the difference between virtue ethics and traditional duty ethics; present arguments for and against virtue ethics; the practical implications of virtue ethics and the Aristotelian and Kantian attitudes to virtue ethics.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781474472845

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to Virtue Ethics -- 2. What is Virtue Ethics All About? -- 3. On the Primacy of Character -- 4. Virtue Ethics and Satisficing Rationality -- 5. Virtue Ethics and the Emotions -- 6. Emotional Identification, Closeness and Size: Some Contributions to Virtue Ethics -- 7. From Morality to Virtue -- 8. By Virtue of a Virtue -- 9. Internal Objections to Virtue Ethics -- 10. On Some Vices o f Virtue Ethics -- 11. Virtue Ethics: A Qualified Success Story -- 12. Corporate Roles, Personal Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach to Business Ethics -- 13. Virtue Theory and Abortion -- 14. Contemporary Virtue Ethics and Aristotle -- 15. Does Aristotle Have a Virtue Ethics? -- 16. Kant’s Virtue Ethics -- Index

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The central question in contemporary ethics is whether virtue can replace duty as the primary notion in ethical theory. The subject of intense contemporary debate in ethical theory, virtue ethics is currently enjoying an increase in interest. This is the first book to focus directly on the subject. It provides a clear, systematic introduction to the area and houses under one cover a collection of the central articles published on the debate over the past decade. The essays encompass a wide range ofaspects: the difference between virtue ethics and traditional duty ethics; present arguments for and against virtue ethics; the practical implications of virtue ethics and the Aristotelian and Kantian attitudes to virtue ethics.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

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