Love and objectivity in virtue ethics : Aristotle, Lonergan, and Nussbaum on emotions and moral insight /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fitterer, Robert J. (Robert John), 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008
Series:Lonergan studies.
Subjects:
Aristotle.
Lonergan, Bernard J. F.
Nussbaum, Martha C. > (Martha Craven), > 1947-
Aristotle
Virtue.
Ethics.
Objectivity.
Love > Philosophy.
Emotions.
Ethics
Vertus.
Morale.
Objectivité.
Amour > Philosophie.
ethics (philosophy)
SELF-HELP > Personal Growth > Happiness.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Emotions
Love > Philosophy
Objectivity
Virtue
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics, books I, II, III, and VI
  • Lonergan's theory of insight and cognitive operations
  • Lonergan's "common sense insight" and its relation to phronesis
  • Emotive perception of value and objectivity in virtue ethics.

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