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Zusatztext there are original and valuable articles in widely debated issues in virtue ethics as well as in moral philosophy in general. The collection of papers will certainly respond to interests of scholars working on a wide range of topics. Klappentext After 25 centuries, Aristotle's influence on our society's moral thinking remains profound and he continues to be a very important contributor to contemporary debates in philosophical ethics. This collection showcases some of the best new writing on the Aristotelian notion of virtue of character, which remains central to much of the most interesting work in ethical theory. Zusammenfassung After 25 centuries, Aristotle's influence on our society's moral thinking remains profound even when subterranean. Typical members of our society can often be made to see that their moral thought and action are, in crucial ways, unwittingly Aristotelian. No one in contemporary philosophical ethics can afford to ignore Aristotle. Much of the finest work in recent moral philosophy has been overtly and professedly Aristotelian in inspiration. And many writers who would officially distance themselves from Aristotle and his contemporary followers are nonetheless indebted to him, sometimes in ways that they do not realise.Values and Virtues provides a platform for some notable writers in the area to present and discuss their new ideas about Aristotelian ethics in a way that will advance the academic debate and engage the interest of a broad range of philosophical readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Christopher Coope: Modern virtue ethics 2: Linda Zagzebski: The admirable life and the desirable life 3: Fred Miller: Virtue and rights in Aristotle's best regime 4: Antony Duff: The virtues and vices of virtue jurisprudence 5: Hallvard Fossheim: Habituation as mimêsis 6: Adam Morton: Moral incompetence 7: Timothy Chappell: The variety of life and the unity of practical wisdom 8: Paul Russell: Moral sense and virtue in Hume's ethics 9: Christine Swanton: Can Nietzsche be both a virtue ethicist and an existentialist? 10: Karen Stohr: Manners, morals, and practical wisdom 11: Sandrine Berges: The hardboiled detective as moralist 12: Johan Braennmark: 'Like the Bloom on Youths': How pleasure completes our lives 13: Theodore Scaltsas: Mixed determinates: pleasure, good, and truth 14: Talbot Brewer: Three dogmas of desire ...
