Character Virtue Theories And The Vices
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Character Virtue Theories And The Vices
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Author : Christine McKinnon
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 1999-08-26
Character Virtue Theories And The Vices written by Christine McKinnon and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-26 with Philosophy categories.
This book argues that the question posed by virtue theories, namely, “what kind of person should I be?” provides a more promising approach to moral questions than do either deontological or consequentialist moral theories where the concern is with what actions are morally required or permissible. It does so both by arguing that there are firmer theoretical foundations for virtue theories, and by persuasively suggesting the superiority of virtue theories over deontological and consquentialist theories on the question of explaining morally bad behavior. Virtue theories can give a richer account by appealing to the kinds of dispositions that make certain bad choices appear attractive. This richer account also exposes a further advantage of virtue theories: they provide the best kinds of motivations for agents to become better persons.
Character Virtue Theories And The Vices
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Author : Christine McKinnon
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 1999-08-26
Character Virtue Theories And The Vices written by Christine McKinnon and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-26 with Philosophy categories.
This book argues that the question posed by virtue theories, namely, “what kind of person should I be?” provides a more promising approach to moral questions than do either deontological or consequentialist moral theories where the concern is with what actions are morally required or permissible. It does so both by arguing that there are firmer theoretical foundations for virtue theories, and by persuasively suggesting the superiority of virtue theories over deontological and consquentialist theories on the question of explaining morally bad behavior. Virtue theories can give a richer account by appealing to the kinds of dispositions that make certain bad choices appear attractive. This richer account also exposes a further advantage of virtue theories: they provide the best kinds of motivations for agents to become better persons.
Virtues And Their Vices
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Author : Kevin Timpe
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014
Virtues And Their Vices written by Kevin Timpe and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Philosophy categories.
A comprehensive philosophical treatment of the virtues and their competing vices. The first four sections focus on historical classes of virtue: the cardinal virtues, the capital vices and the corrective virtues, intellectual virtues, and the theological virtues. A final section discusses the role of virtue theory in a number of disciplines.
Virtue Vice And Value
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Author : Thomas Hurka
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2003
Virtue Vice And Value written by Thomas Hurka and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Philosophy categories.
Hurka's book puts forth a comprehensive theoretical account of moral virtue and vice. More specifically, it gives an account of the intrinsic goodness of virtue, and intrinsic evil of vice, that can fit into a consequentialist moral theory.
Choosing Character
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Author : Jonathan Jacobs
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-10-18
Choosing Character written by Jonathan Jacobs and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-18 with Philosophy categories.
Are there key respects in which character and character defects are voluntary? Can agents with serious vices be rational agents? Jonathan Jacobs answers in the affirmative. Moral character is shaped through voluntary habits, including the ways we habituate ourselves, Jacobs believes. Just as individuals can voluntarily lead unhappy lives without making unhappiness an end, so can they degrade their ethical characters through voluntary action that does not have establishment of vice as its end. Choosing Character presents an account of ethical disability, expanding the domain of responsibility and explicating the role of character in ethical cognition. Jacobs contends that agents become ethically disabled voluntarily when their habits impair their ability to properly appreciate ethical considerations. Such agents are rational, responsible individuals who are yet incapable of virtuous action. The view develops and modifies Aristotelian claims concerning the fixity of character. Jacobs' interpretation is developed in contrast to the overlooked work of Maimonides, who also used Aristotelian resources but argued for the possibility of character change. The notion of ethical disability has profound ramifications for ethics and for current debates about blame and punishment.
Virtue And Vice Volume 15 Part 1
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Author : Ellen Frankel Paul
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-02-13
Virtue And Vice Volume 15 Part 1 written by Ellen Frankel Paul and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-13 with Philosophy categories.
The essays in this volume examine the nature of virtue and its role in moral theory.
Virtue And Vice Moral And Epistemic
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Author : Heather Battaly
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 2010-11-08
Virtue And Vice Moral And Epistemic written by Heather Battaly and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-08 with Philosophy categories.
Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic presents a series of essays by leading ethicists and epistemologists who offer the latest thinking on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion. Cuts across two fields of philosophical inquiry by featuring a dual focus on ethics and epistemology Features cutting-edge work on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion Presents a radical new moral theory that makes exemplars the foundation of ethics; and new theories of epistemic vices such as epistemic malevolence and epistemic self-indulgence Represents one of the few collections to address both the moral virtues and the epistemic virtues Explores a new approach in epistemology - virtue epistemology - which emphasizes the importance of intellectual character traits
Virtues And Vices
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Author : James D. Wallace
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Virtues And Vices written by James D. Wallace and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Ethics categories.
"Cornell Paperback." Includes index. Bibliography: p. 163-165.
Character And Moral Psychology
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Author : Christian B. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014
Character And Moral Psychology written by Christian B. Miller and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Philosophy categories.
Christian Miller explores ethical implications of his new theory of character, which holds that our characters are made up of mixed traits with some morally positive and some morally negative aspects. He examines whether judgements of character are systematically erroneous, and assesses the challenge to virtue ethics from scepticism about virtue.
Current Controversies In Virtue Theory
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Author : Mark Alfano
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-02-11
Current Controversies In Virtue Theory written by Mark Alfano and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-11 with Philosophy categories.
Virtue is among the most venerable concepts in philosophy, and has recently seen a major revival. However, new challenges to conceptions of virtue have also arisen. In Current Controversies in Virtue Theory, five pairs of cutting-edge philosophers square off over central topics in virtue theory: the nature of virtue, the connection between virtue and flourishing, the connection between moral and epistemic virtues, the way in which virtues are acquired, and the possibility of attaining virtue. Mark Alfano guides his readers through these essays (all published here for the first time), with a synthetic introduction, succinct abstracts of each debate, suggested further readings and study questions for each controversy, and a list of further controversies to be explored.