Virtue Ethics, Old and New /

Virtue Ethics, Old and New / / ed. by Stephen M. Gardiner.

"There are grounds for saying that contemporary work in virtue ethics is, if not quite in its theoretical infancy, at least not far out of diapers. And this suggests that we should be gentle and nurturing, allowing it time to flourish before coming to any definitive verdict on its merits. Howev...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Annas, Julia,
Crisp, Roger,
Gardiner, Stephen M.,
Harris, George W.,
Higgins, Kathleen Marie,
Irwin, T. H.,
Russell, Daniel,
Solomon, Robert C.,
Swanton, Christine,
Welchman, Jennifer,
HerausgeberIn:
Gardiner, Stephen M.,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2005
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (234 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Virtue Ethics, Here and Now
  • Part I. Historical Innovations on Foundational Issues
  • 1. Virtue Ethics: What Kind of Naturalism?
  • 2. Seneca's Virtuous Moral Rules
  • 3. Do Virtues Conflict? Aquinas's Answer
  • Part 2. A Reappraisal of Some Central Virtues
  • 4. Erotic Love as a Moral Virtue
  • 5. Aristotle on the Moral Relevance of Self-Respect
  • Part 3. The Nature of Virtue Reconsidered
  • 6. Negative Virtues: Zhuangzi's Wuwei
  • 7. Virtue Ethics and Human Development: A Pragmatic Approach
  • Part 4. Virtue Ethics and Its Environs
  • 8. Hume on Virtue, Utility and Morality
  • 9. Nietzschean Virtue Ethics
  • 10. The Virtues, Perfectionist Goods, and Pessimism
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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