Neither Heroes Nor Saints: Ordinary Virtue, Extraordinary Virtue, and Self-Cultivation

ISBN-13: 9780197508459 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 224 str.

Rebecca Stangl

Recenzje

This book makes a strong case for the existence of a novel virtue Stangl calls 'self-cultivation.' Unlike the conception of virtue in traditional Aristotelian virtue ethics, this virtue is realistic for the aspirations of human beings, who even in the best cases are never perfect. Written in an engaging style and addressing a timely topic, Stangl presents a framework that explains why the self-improvement ordinary people can be classified as virtuous as well as the acts of the heroic and saintly.

O autorze

Rebecca Stangl is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The University of Virginia. She specializes in contemporary virtue ethics, and her recent work has appeared in such leading journals as Ethics, Philosophical Quarterly, and The Hastings Center Report, as well as several edited collections from Oxford University Press.