Leontsini, Eleni

Virtue ethics and contemporary Aristotelianism: modernity, conflict and politics

by Leontsini, Eleni, Bielskis, Andrius, Bielskis, Andrius, Knight, Kelvin

fromBloomsbury studies in the Aristotelian tradition

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"This compelling and distinctive volume advances Aristotelianism by bringing its traditional virtue ethics to bear upon characteristically modern issues, such as the politics of economic power and egalitarian dispute. Clearly divided into three parts and featuring a contribution…

In the last twenty years or so a key issue in political philosophy has been the debate between so-called communitarian philosophers such as MacIntyre, Sandel, Walzer and Taylor, and those who support forms of liberal individualism such as that found in Rawls's Theory of Justice.…