Virtue Ethics / Edition 1

by Roger Crisp, Michael Slote

Overview

This volume brings together much of the most influential work undertaken in the field of virtue ethics over the last four decades. The ethics of virtue predominated in the ancient world, and recent moral philosophy has seen a revival of interest in virtue ethics as a rival to Kantian and utilitarian approaches to morality. Divided into four sections, the collection includes articles critical of other traditions; early attempts to offer a positive vision of virtue ethics; some later criticisms of the revival of virtue ethics; and, finally, some recent, more theoretically ambitious essays in virtue ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198751885
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/27/1997
Series:	Oxford Readings in Philosophy
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.94(w) x 5.31(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)

About the Author

Roger Crisp is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford. He edited How Should One Live? Essays on the Virtues (OUP, 1996), is an associate editor of Utilitas, and is currently working on a book on J. S. Mill's Utilitarianism.

Michael Slote is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maryland. He is the author of From Morality to Virtue, and is currently collaborating with Marcia Baron and Philip Pettit on a book debating the merits of Kantian ethics, consequentialism, and virtue ethics.

Table of Contents

Introduction, Roger Crisp and Michael Slote1. Modern Moral Philosophy, G. E. M. Anscombe2. Morality, the Peculiar Institution, Bernard Williams3. The Schizophrenia of Modern Ethical Theories, Michael Stocker4. Moral Saints, Susan Wolf5. The Sovereignty of Good Over Other Concepts, Iris Murdoch6. The Nature of the Virtues, Alasdair MacIntyre7. Virtue and Reason, John McDowell8. Virtues and Vices, Philippa Foot9. The Misfortunes of Virtue, Jerome B. Schneewind10. On Some Vices of Virtue Ethics, Robert B. Louden11. Virtue Theory and Abortion, Rosalind Hursthouse12. Agent-Based Virtue Ethics, Michael Slote13. What Do Women Want in a Moral Theory?, Annette BaierNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex of Names

Editorial Reviews

"For those interested in the contemporary and ongoing developments in moral philosophy, this is an indispensable volume of essays....this volume brings together in one convenient and valuable form, some of the most important and influential writings on the subject of virtue theory from the last few decades....this volume is an important asset for those interested in that movement."—Teaching Philosophy

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