Virtue Ethics: A Critical Reader

ISBN-13: 9780878402212 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 306 str.

Daniel Statman; Daniel Statman; Daniel Statman

Opis

This book offers a clear and systematic introduction to virtue ethics, a topic which has inspired one of the most interesting contemporary debates in ethical theory--the question of whether virtues can replace duties as the primary notion in ethical theory.The volume comprises an introduction to virtue ethics by Daniel Statman and a collection of the most important essays published on the topic in the last decade. The essays encompass a wide range of aspects: the difference between virtue ethics and traditional duty ethics; arguments for and against virtue ethics; the practical implications of virtue ethics; and Aristotelian and Kantian attitudes towards virtue ethics.