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Focusing on the field of Virtue Ethics, the book addresses compelling issues through the use of both classic works and groundbreaking new selections, many of which are anthologized here for the first time. Aristotle and Aquinas, Baier and Stocker are among the philosophers whose works are represented. Homosexuality, capital punishment, and wickedness are among the provocative topics addressed.

Is the judicial execution of the innocent permissible to deter crime? Some advocates of consequentialism would respond yes, while moral absolutists argue that certain kinds of conduct, including this one, are absolutely prohibited, no matter what the consequences. This is the first collection that does justice to absolutism in its richness and subtleties.