Author: | Liezl van Zyl | ISBN: | 9781135045982 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | July 3, 2018 |
Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
Author: | Liezl van Zyl |
ISBN: | 9781135045982 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Publication: | July 3, 2018 |
Imprint: | Routledge |
Language: | English |
This volume provides a clear and accessible overview of central concepts, positions, and arguments in virtue ethics today. While it focuses primarily on Aristotelian virtue ethics, it also includes discussion of alternative forms of virtue ethics (sentimentalism and pluralism) and competing normative theories (consequentialism and deontology).
The first six chapters are organized around central questions in normative ethics that are of particular concern to virtue ethicists and their critics:
The last four chapters focus on important challenges or objections to virtue ethics:
This volume provides a clear and accessible overview of central concepts, positions, and arguments in virtue ethics today. While it focuses primarily on Aristotelian virtue ethics, it also includes discussion of alternative forms of virtue ethics (sentimentalism and pluralism) and competing normative theories (consequentialism and deontology).
The first six chapters are organized around central questions in normative ethics that are of particular concern to virtue ethicists and their critics:
The last four chapters focus on important challenges or objections to virtue ethics: