Varieties of Virtue Ethics
This book explores recent developments in ethics of virtue. While acknowledging the Aristotelian roots of modern virtue ethics – with its emphasis on the moral importance of character – this collection recognizes that more recent accounts of virtue have b
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edited by david carr james arthur kristján kristjánsson
Varieties of Virtue Ethics
David Carr • James Arthur • Kristján Kristjánsson Editors
Varieties of Virtue Ethics
Editors David Carr University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK
James Arthur Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK Kristján Kristjánsson University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
ISBN 978-1-137-59176-0 ISBN 978-1-137-59177-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-59177-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958213 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd., GB The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
Contents
1 Varieties of Virtue Ethics: Introduction1 David Carr, James Arthur, and Kristján Kristjánsson Part I Philosophical Varieties of Virtue and Virtue Ethics15 2 Varieties of Virtue Ethics17 Robert C. Roberts 3 Which Variety of Virtue Ethics?35 Julia Annas 4 Against Idealization in Virtue Ethics53 Howard J. Curzer 5 Virtue Ethics in the Medieval Period73 John Haldane 6 Iris Murdoch and the Varieties of Virtue Ethics89 Konrad Banicki v
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7 Confucian and Daoist Virtue Ethics105 May Sim Part II Virtue Ethics in the Wider Academic Context123 8 Aristotelian Ethical Virtue: Naturalism Without Measure125 Jonathan Jacobs 9 Categorizing Character: Moving Beyond the Aristotelian Framework143 Christian B. Miller 10 Human Practice and God’s Making-Good in Aquinas’ Virtue Ethics163 Richard Conrad 11 Recovered Goods: Durkheimian Sociology as Virtue Ethics181 Philip S. Gorski 12 The Deep Psychology
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