Quandaries And Virtues
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Quandaries And Virtues
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Author : Edmund L. Pincoffs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Quandaries And Virtues written by Edmund L. Pincoffs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Philosophy categories.
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.
Principles Of Biomedical Ethics
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Author : Tom L. Beauchamp
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
Principles Of Biomedical Ethics written by Tom L. Beauchamp and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Bioethics categories.
For many years this has been a leading textbook of bioethics. It established the framework of principles within the field. This is a very thorough revision with a new chapter on methods and moral justification.
The Christian Case For Virtue Ethics
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Author : Joseph J. Kotva Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 1996-09-01
The Christian Case For Virtue Ethics written by Joseph J. Kotva Jr. and has been published by Georgetown University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-09-01 with Religion categories.
Despite the growing interest among philosophers and theologians in virtue ethics, its proponents have done little to suggest why Christians in particular find virtue ethics attractive. Joseph J. Kotva, Jr., addresses this question in The Christian Case for Virtue Ethics, showing that virtue theory offers an ethical framework that is highly compatible with Christian morality. Kotva defines virtue ethics and demonstrates its ability to voice Christian convictions about how to live the moral life. He evaluates virtue theory in light of systematic theology and Scripture, arguing that Christian ethics could be profitably linked with neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics. Ecumenical in tone, this book provides a thorough but accessible introduction to recent philosophical accounts of virtue and offers an original, explicitly Christian adaptation of these ideas. It will be of value to students and scholars of philosophy, theology, and religion, as well as to those interested in the debates surrounding virtue ethics.
Moral Dilemmas
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Author : Philippa Foot
language : en
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Release Date : 2002-10-17
Moral Dilemmas written by Philippa Foot and has been published by Clarendon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-17 with Philosophy categories.
Moral Dilemmas is the second volume of collected essays by the eminent moral philosopher Philippa Foot. It fills the gap between her famous 1978 collection Virtues and Vices (now reissued) and her acclaimed monograph Natural Goodness, published in 2001. Moral Dilemmas presents the best of Professor Foot's work from the late 1970s to the 1990s. In these essays she develops further her influential critique of the 'non-cognitivist' approaches that have dominated moral philosophy over the last fifty years. She shows why it is a mistake to think of morality in terms of special psychological states, expressed in special kinds of judgement and a special 'moral' kind of language. Instead she portrays thoughts about the goodness of human will and action as a particular case of the evaluation of other operations of human beings, and indeed of all living things. Among other topics, she discusses the nature of moral judgement, practical rationality, and the conflict of virtue with desire and self-interest. Moral Dilemmas, alongside Professor Foot's other two books, completes the summation of her distinctive and lasting contribution to twentieth-century moral philosophy.
A Virtue Ethical View Of Trinitarian Sanctification
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Author : Ronald M. Rothenberg
language : en
Publisher: Ronald M. Rothenberg
Release Date : 2014-07-02
A Virtue Ethical View Of Trinitarian Sanctification written by Ronald M. Rothenberg and has been published by Ronald M. Rothenberg this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-02 with Ethics categories.
The thesis of this book is that virtue ethics is key to understanding Trinitarian progressive sanctification. The thesis is supported by four reasons why virtue ethics is key to understanding Trinitarian progressive sanctification: (1) the Trinity, virtue ethics, and sanctification are historically and conceptually interconnected in the tradition and Scripture, (2) virtue ethics based on metaphysical realism is the most biblically consistent ethical framework for Trinitarian progressive sanctification, (3) Jesus’ active roles as a teacher and example of virtue play an important part in Trinitarian sanctification, and (4) Jesus’ priestly heavenly intercession aimed at manifesting virtue in believers is crucial to understanding how the Trinity progressively sanctifies believers. The active roles of Jesus in sanctification, ordered by the Triune premise, indicate that the Trinity sanctifies such that: (1) the value having its source from the Father, is revealed through the teaching of the Son to motivate believers, who are empowered to be motivated by the Spirit, (2) the character that is from the Father is revealed through the Son’s example that is to be imitated by the believer through habituation and reciprocity, by the Spirit’s leading, and (3) believers are led by the Spirit’s intercession into prayer (Rom 8:14-16, 26-27), to be helped through the Son’s priestly intercession, in order to receive an answer from the Father, with the aim of manifesting the virtues of endurance and hope in the lives of believers.
Virtue Nature And Moral Agency In The Xunzi
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Author : T. C. Kline
language : en
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Virtue Nature And Moral Agency In The Xunzi written by T. C. Kline and has been published by Hackett Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Religion categories.
Xunzi is traditionally identified as the third philosopher in the Confucian tradition, after Confucius and Mencius. Unlike the work of his two predecessors, he wrote complete essays in which he defends his own interpretation of the Confucian position and attacks the positions of others. Within the early Chinese tradition, Xunzi's writings are arguably the most sophisticated and philosophically developed. This richness of philosophical content has led to a lively discussion of his philosophy among contemporary scholars. This volume collects some of the most accessible and important contemporary essays on the thought of Xunzi, with an Introduction that provides historical background, philosophical context, and relates each of the selections to Xunzi's philosophy as a whole and to the themes of virtue, nature, and moral agency. These themes are also discussed in relation to Western philosophical concerns.
Wisdom S Wonder
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Author : William P. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-11
Wisdom S Wonder written by William P. Brown and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-11 with Religion categories.
Wisdom's Wonder offers a fresh reading of the Hebrew Bible's wisdom literature with a unique emphasis on "wonder" as the framework for understanding biblical wisdom. William Brown argues that wonder effectively integrates biblical wisdom's emphasis on character formation and its outlook on creation, breaking an impasse that has plagued recent wisdom studies. Drawing on various disciplines, from philosophy to neuroscience, Brown discovers new distinctions and connections in Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes. Each book is studied in terms of its view of moral character and creation, as well as in terms of the social or intellectual crisis each book identifies. Most general treatments of the wisdom literature spend too much time on issues of genre, poetry, and social context at the neglect of discussing the intellectual and emotional power of the wisdom corpus. Brown argues that the real power of the wisdom corpus lies in its capacity to evoke the reader's sense of wonder. An extensive revision and expansion of Brown's Character in Crisis (Eerdmans, 1996), this book demonstrates that the wisdom books are much more than simply advice literature: with wonder as the foundation for understanding, Brown maintains that wisdom is a process with transformation of the self as the goal.
Visions Of Virtue In Popular Film
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Author : Joseph Kupfer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-03-08
Visions Of Virtue In Popular Film written by Joseph Kupfer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-08 with Social Science categories.
Visions of Virtue in Popular Film grows out of the interplay between film criticism and a philosophical view of virtue. Joseph H. Kupfer argues that film fictions can be integral to moral reflection, and thus by examining the narrative and cinematic aspects of popular films, we can derive important moral truths about people and their behavior. Taking as his base a classical conception of virtue and vice, Kupfer offers an in-depth examination of Groundhog Day, The African Queen, Parenthood, Rob Roy, Fresh, Jaws, and Aliens in order to investigate the value of virtue within ever-widening social contexts.
Moral Dilemmas
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Author : Philippa Foot
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Moral Dilemmas written by Philippa Foot and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Decision making categories.
In this collection - essays from the late 1970s to the '90s - Professor Foot develops further her critique of the dominant ethical theories of the second half of the 20th century including discussion of the nature of moral judgement, practical rationality and the conflict of virtue with desire.