"Virtue Ethics and Sociology" emerged from a conference on Religion, Modernity and Ethics held between the 2nd and 5th April 1997 at Clifton Hill House, the University of Bristol, which both editors had organised for the British Sociological Association Sociology of Religion Stu…
Virtue ethics, old and new
Virtue ethics, old and new
Virtue Ethics, Old and New
"There are grounds for saying that contemporary work in virtue ethics is, if not quite in its theoretical infancy, at least not far out of diapers. And this suggests that we should be gentle and nurturing, allowing it time to flourish before coming to any definitive verdict on i…
Three methods of ethics: a debate
by Pettit, Philip, Slote, Michael, Baron, Marcia W.
fromGreat debates in philosophy
Three methods of ethics: a debate
by Pettit, Philip, Slote, Michael, Baron, Marcia W.
fromGreat debates in philosophy
Three methods of ethics: a debate
by Pettit, Philip, Baron, Marcia, Slote, Michael
fromGreat debates in philosophy
Three methods of ethics: a debate
by Pettit, Philip, Baron, Marcia, Slote, Michael
fromGreat debates in philosophy
During the past decade, three basic approaches - Kantian ethics, consequentialism and virtue ethics - have assumed positions of particular prominence. This volume surveys the main arguments for and against each of these central methods.