Virtue Ethics

Daniel Statman is Professor of Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Introduction to virture ethics, Daniel Statman; what is virtue ethics all about? Gregory Trianosky; on the primacy of character, Gary Watson; virtue ethics and satisfying rationality, Christine Swanton; VE and the emotions, Rosalind Hursthouse; emotional identification, closeness and size - some contributions to virtue ethics, Michael Stocker; what is VE and why should we opt for it? Michael Slote; by virtue of a virtue, Harold Alderman; internal objections to VE, David Solomon; on some vices of VE, Robert Loudon; VE, a qualified success story, Philipp Montague; corporate roles, personal virtues - an Aritolelian approach to business ethics, Robert Solomon; virtue theory and abortion, Rosalind Hursthouse; contemporary VE and Aristotle, Peter Simpson; does Aristotle have a VE, Gerasimos Santas; Kant's virtue ethics, Robert Louden.

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Offers a systematic introduction to virtue ethics, a topic which has inspired one of the most interesting contemporary debates in ethical theory - the question of whether virtues can replace duties as the primary notion in ethical theory.