Virtuous and Vicious Expressions of Partiality

ISBN-13: 9781032493695 / Twarda / 2023 / 328 str.

Opis

This volume gathers essays from leading scholars to discuss partiality in ethics. The chapters examine the virtuous and vicious ways in which we relate to those close to us.

Spis treści

Introduction  Section 1: Overarching Visions of Partiality  1. Morality’s Partiality: An Essay in Virtue-Based, Role-Relative, Patient-Focused Moral Theory J. L. A. Garcia  2. Parity, Pluralism, and Permissible Partiality Chris Tucker  3. Is Partiality Part of Morality? Alan H. Goldman  4. Attitudes of The Will and Attitudes of The Heart Stephen Darwall  Section 2: How Roles and Relationships Might Shape Partiality  5. Why Partial Relationships are Necessary: A Model for Virtuous and Loving Unequal Relationships Eric J. Silverman  6. Role Centered Morality and Virtuous and Vicious Partiality Michael Beaty  Section 3: The Moral Dangers of Partiality  7. Partiality Traps and our Need for Risk-Aware Ethics and Epistemology Guy Axtell  8. Smugness as a Kantian Vice Karen Stohr  9. Loyalty and Epistemic Partiality Kathryn C. S. Schmidt  Section 4: Specific Applications of Partiality: Loyalty to Country, Religion, Sports Team, and Employer  10. Anti-Patriotism’s Unintended Reformation: The Mistakes of George Kateb’s Patriotism and Other Mistakes Joseph Prud’homme  11. Faithfulness and Religious Partiality Patrick X. Gardner  12. Practices of Partiality: Affinity, Loyalty, and Sports Fans Kyle Fruh, Marcus Hedahl, Luke Maring, and Nate Olson  13. Partiality We Owe Our Employers Chris Tweedt

O autorze

Eric J. Silverman is Professor of Philosophy at Christopher Newport University. He has over 30 academic publications in ethics, philosophy of religion, and psychology, including six books. His most recent book is Sexual Ethics in a Secular Age: Is There Still a Virtue of Chastity? (Routledge, 2021).