This collection provides readings from five classic thinkers with importantly distinct approaches to virtue theory, along with five new essays from contemporary thinkers that apply virtue theories to the resolution of practical moral problems. Jennifer Welchman's Introduction discusses the history of virtue theory. A short introduction to each reading highlights the distinctive aspects of the view expressed.
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Presents an anthology to cover the virtue ethics component of an ethics course, either in conjunction with one of the larger ethics texts, as the centrepiece of a course devoted to virtue theory, or as a component of an introductory course that includes a section on ethics.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780872208094
Publisert
2006-03-15
Utgiver
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Vekt
312 gr
Aldersnivå
UU, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224
Redaktør
Biografisk notat
Jennifer Welchman is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alberta.