
How Should One Live?
Essays on the Virtues
Roger Crisp(Editor)
Clarendon Press
Published on 12. March 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-19-875234-9 (ISBN)
Description
The last four decades have seen a remarkable revival of interest in the virtues, which lay at the heart of ancient and medieval moral philosophy. This collection is the first general survey of this revival, containing specially commissioned articles on topics central to virtue ethics and virtue theory, written by a distinguished international team of philosophers. It represents the state of the art in this subject, and will set the agenda for future work.
Topics covered in How Should One Live? include: practical virtue ethics; ancient views of the virtues; impartiality and partiality; Kant and the virtues; utilitarianism and the virtues; the virtues and human nature; natural and artificial virtues; virtue and the good life; the vices; virtue and the emotions; virtue and politics; feminism, moral education, and the virtues; and virtue and community.
Topics covered in How Should One Live? include: practical virtue ethics; ancient views of the virtues; impartiality and partiality; Kant and the virtues; utilitarianism and the virtues; the virtues and human nature; natural and artificial virtues; virtue and the good life; the vices; virtue and the emotions; virtue and politics; feminism, moral education, and the virtues; and virtue and community.
Reviews / Votes
this volume is probably the best single introduction to what is going on in virtue ethics today. * Lester Hunt, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ethics, April 1999 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-875234-9 (9780198752349)
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Fellow and Tutor in PhilosophyFellow and Tutor in Philosophy, St Anne's College, Oxford
Content
1. Introduction. Modern moral philosophy and the virtues ; 2. Practical Ethics. Normative virtue ethics ; 3. Ancient Views. The virtues: theory and common sense in Greek philosophy ; 4. Impartiality and Partiality. Partiality and the virtues ; 5. Kant. Kant's virtues ; 7. Human Nature. The virtues and human nature ; 8. Natural and Artificial Virtues. A vindication of Hume's scheme ; 9. Virtues and the Good. Does moral virtue constitute a benefit to the agent? ; 10. Vices. Deadly vices? ; 11. Emotions. How emotions reveal value and help cure the schizophrenia of modern ethical theories ; 12. Politics. MacIntyre on modernity and how it has marginalized the virtues ; 13. Feminism and Moral Education. Feminism, moral development, and the virtues ; 14. Community. Community and virtue