The handbook of virtue ethics
Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary applied ethics. Virtue ethics now flourishes in philosophy, sociology and theology and its applications extend to law, politics and bioethics. 'The handbook of virtue ethics' brings together leading international scholars…
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- Full title :The handbook of virtue ethics / edited by Stan van Hooft ; consultant editors, Nafsika Athanassoulis, Jason Kawall, Justin Oakley, Nicole Saunders and Liezl Van Zyl.
Summary
Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary applied ethics. Virtue ethics now flourishes in philosophy, sociology and theology and its applications extend to law, politics and bioethics. 'The handbook of virtue ethics' brings together leading international scholars to provide an overview of the field. Each chapter summarizes and assesses the most important work on a particular topic and sets this work in the context of historical developments. Taking a global approach by embracing a variety of major cultural traditions along with the Western, the handbook maps the emergence of virtue ethics and provides a framework for future developments.
Pt. 1. Normative theory -- pt. 2. Types of virtues -- pt. 3. Applied ethics -- pt. 4. The psychology of virtue.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge / Taylor & Francis
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
Notes
First published in 2014 by Acumen.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-508) and index.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 520 Seiten)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781317544753, 1317544757, 9781317544760, 1317544765, 9781844656394, 184465639X, 9781315729053, 1315729059
- DOI:10.4324/9781315729053
- oclc:on1261495852
- LC Classification:BJ1518
- Dewey Decimal:100
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