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Understanding virtue ethics / Stan van Hooft.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding movements in modern thoughtPublication details: Chesham [U.K.] : Acumen, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (v, 184 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781844653706
  • 1844653706
  • 9781317494034
  • 1317494032
  • 1317494024
  • 9781317494027
  • 1282921665
  • 9781282921665
  • 9786612921667
  • 6612921668
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding virtue ethics.DDC classification:
  • 179.9 22
LOC classification:
  • BJ1531 .H66 2006
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  • online - EBSCO
  • CC 7100
  • CC 7200
  • 5,1
Online resources:
Contents:
Distinguishing virtue ethics from the ethics of duty -- Aristotle's ethics -- A brief history of virtue from the Stoics to Levinas -- Reconciling virtue and justice -- Some important virtues -- Virtues and applied ethics.
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Summary: After presenting a broad overview of the history of virtue ethics, this work explores virtues in the context of contemporary moral theory to analyse how many intractable moral dilemmas might be overcome by responsible, virtuous agents.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)929265

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.

After presenting a broad overview of the history of virtue ethics, this work explores virtues in the context of contemporary moral theory to analyse how many intractable moral dilemmas might be overcome by responsible, virtuous agents.

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Distinguishing virtue ethics from the ethics of duty -- Aristotle's ethics -- A brief history of virtue from the Stoics to Levinas -- Reconciling virtue and justice -- Some important virtues -- Virtues and applied ethics.

English.