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Love and Objectivity in Virtue Ethics : Aristotle, Lonergan, and Nussbaum on Emotions and Moral Insight /

Since the Enlightenment, a great deal of ethical philosophy has presumed that rational human beings must set aside their emotions when seeking to make objective and sound moral decisions. Love and Objectivity in Virtue Ethics challenges this presumption, arguing that emotions such as compassion and...

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Autor principal: Fitterer, Robert J. (Robert John), 1959- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2008
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