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Zusatztext This interesting collection of essays on virtue theory at work represents a valuable contribution to a relatively new paradigm of moral inquiry. Klappentext Working Virtue is the first substantial collective study of virtue theory and contemporary moral problems. Leading figures in ethical theory and applied ethics discuss topics in bioethics, professional ethics, ethics of the family, law, interpersonal ethics, and the emotions. Zusammenfassung Working Virtue is the first substantial collective study of virtue theory and contemporary moral problems. Leading figures in ethical theory and applied ethics discuss topics in bioethics, professional ethics, ethics of the family, law, interpersonal ethics, and the emotions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Rebecca L. Walker and Philip J. Ivanhoe: Introduction 2: Nel Noddings: Caring as Relation and Virtue in Teaching 3: Edmund D. Pellegrino: Professing Medicine, Virtue Based Ethics and the Retrieval of Professionalism 4: Jeffrey Blustein: Doctoring and Self-Forgiveness 5: Jennifer Radden: Virtue Ethics as Professional Ethics: The Case of Psychiatry 6: Annette C. Baier: Trust, Suffering, and the Aesculapian Virtues 7: Rosalind Hursthouse: Environmental Virtue Ethics 8: Rebecca L. Walker: The Good Life for Nonhuman Animals: What Virtue Requires of Humans 9: Peter Koller: Law, Morality, and Virtue 10: Christine Swanton: Virtue Ethics, Role Ethics, and Business Ethics 11: Lawrence Blum: Racial Virtues 12: Nancy Sherman: Virtue and a Warrior's Anger 13: Michael Slote: Famine, Affluence and Virtue 14: Philip J. Ivanhoe: Filial Piety as a Virtue
