Authors:Michael Brady, Duncan Pritchard,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: metaphilosophy, virtues, epistemic, moral
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-02-23
List price: $40.95
ISBN-10: 1405108789
ISBN-13: 9781405108782
This volume brings together papers by some of the leading figures working on virtue-theoretic accounts in both ethics and epistemology.A collection of cutting edge articles by leading figures in the field of virtue theory including Guy Axtell, Julia Driver, Antony Duff and Miranda Fricker. The first book to combine papers on both virtue ethics and virtue epistemology. Deals with key topics in recent epistemological and ethical debate.
Authors:Christopher Peterson, Martin Seligman,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: classification, handbook, virtues, strengths, character
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 2004-04-08
List price: $79.50
ISBN-10: 0195167015
ISBN-13: 9780195167016
"Character" has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does not do, but a more active and thorough definition is necessary, one that addresses certain vital questions. Is character a singular characteristic of an individual, or is it composed of different aspects? Does character--however we define it--exist in degrees, or is it simply something one happens to have? How can character be developed? Can it be learned? Relatedly, can it be taught, and who might be the most effective tea
Author: Amitai Etzioni
Publisher: University of Virginia Pre
Keywords: communities, constitutionalism, democracy, institutions, virtues, communitarian, thinking, persons, new
Number of Pages: 313
Published: 1995-05-01
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0813915694
ISBN-13: 9780813915692
Communitarian thought is at the heart of a fierce debate in political theory about the justice, efficacy and the future of liberalism and liberal societies. These essays bring communitarian thinking to bear on such contentious issues as abortion, homosexuality, free speech and personal autonomy.
Author: Richard Dagger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: oxford, political, theory, liberalism, republican, virtues, rights, citizenship, civic
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1997-06-19
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0195106342
ISBN-13: 9780195106343
"The book is beautifully written, elegantly organised and it achieves with splendid efficiency all of the goals that it sets for itself. I recommend it warmly."--Mind "Dagger’s book makes a very important contribution to our understanding of citizenship through its clear demonstration that state promotion of civic virtue is compatible with individual autonomy."--Political Studies
Author: Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: virtues, paul, carus, lectures, need, beings, rational, animals, human, dependent
Number of Pages: 180
Published: 2001-05-18
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 081269452X
ISBN-13: 9780812694529
Author: Lisa Tessman
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: studies, feminist, philosophy, struggles, liberatory, virtues, virtue, ethics, burdened
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2005-10-06
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0195179145
ISBN-13: 9780195179149
Lisa Tessman’s Burdened Virtues is a deeply original and provocative work that engages questions central to feminist theory and practice, from the perspective of Aristotelian ethics. Focused primarily on selves who endure and resist oppression, she addresses the ways in which devastating conditions confronted by these selves both limit and burden their moral goodness, and affect their possibilities of flourishing. She describes two different forms of "moral trouble" prevalent under oppression. The first is that the oppressed self may be morally damaged, prevented from developing or exerc
Authors:Kalman J. Kaplan, Matthew B. Schwartz,
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: seven, deadly, sins, free, biblical, habits, life, virtues
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2006-07-27
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0742532747
ISBN-13: 9780742532748
In The Seven Habits of the Good Life, the authors highlight seven biblical gifts--self-esteem, wisdom, righteousness, love, healthy appetite, prudence, and purpose--and present them as antidotes to the seven deadly sins. Each gift can enrich our lives by integrating concern for ourselves with a healthy concern for others.
