Understanding virtue ethics /
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.
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chesham [U.K.] :
Acumen,
2006.
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Collection: | Understanding movements in modern thought.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.