Character as moral fiction
by Alfano, Mark
This provocative contribution to ethics and epistemology argues that virtue attributions are self-fulfilling prophecies.
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- Full title :Character as moral fiction / Mark Alfano.
Summary
This provocative contribution to ethics and epistemology argues that virtue attributions are self-fulfilling prophecies.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
Notes
5.2 What kind of speech act is virtue-labeling?
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (238 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781139612654, 1139612654, 9781139616379, 1139616374, 9781139208536, 1139208535, 9781107026728, 1107026725, 9781107538122, 1107538122, 1107236657, 9781107236653, 1139610791, 9781139610797, 1139609068, 9781139609067, 1139621955, 9781139621953, 1139625675, 9781139625678
- oclc:ocn827212238
- LC Classification:BJ1521 .A44 2013eb
- Dewey Decimal:170
Table of Contents
Cover; Character as Moral Fiction; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction tripartite naturalistic ethics; 1 Virtue and vice today; 2 What is naturalistic ethics?; 2.1 Naturalistic normative theory; 2.2 Naturalistic moral psychology; 2.3 Introducing naturalistic moral technology; 2.3.1 Does moral technology need an introduction?; 2.3.2 Is moral technology paternalistic or manipulative?; 3 A roadmap; Part I Factitious moral virtue; Chapter 1 Identifying the hard core of virtue ethics; 1 The virtues of virtues; 1.1 Virtue and moral contemplation.
1.2 Virtue and moral evaluation1.3 Moral schizophrenia versus virtue as a 'thick' concept; 1.4 Virtue as action-guiding; 1.5 Virtue and the 'is'-'ought' gap; 1.6 Virtue and moral education; 2 Limning the hard core; 2.1 Acquirability; 2.2 Stability; 2.3 Consistency; 2.4 Access; 2.5 Normativity; 2.6 Real saints; 2.7 Explanatory power; 2.8 Predictive power; 2.9 Egalitarianism; 2.10 Integration; Chapter 2 Rearticulating the situationist challenge; 1 Motivating the challenge; 2 Interfering factors; 2.1 Bad reasons; 2.1.1 Temptations; 2.1.2 Demand characteristics; 2.2 Situational non-reasons.
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