Virtues in action : new essays in applied virtue ethics / edited by Michael W. Austin, Eastern Kentucky University, USA.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Austin, Michael W., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Virtue.

Virtues.

Physical Description:

xi, 222 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

In recent decades, many philosophers have considered the strengths and weaknesses of a virtue-centered approach to moral theory. Much less attention has been given to how such an approach bears on issues in applied ethics. The chapters in this volume apply a virtue-centered perspective to a variety of contemporary moral issues, and in so doing offer a fresh and illuminating perspective. Some of the chapters focus on a particular virtue and its application to one or more realms of applied ethics, such as temperance and sex or humility and environmental ethics. Other chapters focus on an issue in applied ethics and bring several virtues into a discussion of that issue or realm of life, such as sport, education, and business. Finally, several of the chapters engage relevant psychological research as well as current neuroscience, which enhances the strength of the philosophical arguments. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Professional Virtue

1 Virtue-Centered Approaches to Education: Prospects and Pitfalls / Gregory Bassham Bassham, Gregory 11

2 The Virtues of Honorable Business Executives / Dan Demetriou Demetriou, Dan 23

3 Sport as a Moral Practice: An Aristotelian Approach / Michael W. Austin Austin, Michael W. 39

Part II Social Virtue

4 Sex, Temperance, and Virtue / Stan van Hooft Hooft, Stan van 55

5 Extend Your Benevolence: Kindness and Generosity in the Family and Beyond / Heidi Giebel Giebel, Heidi 70

6 A Virtue Ethical Case for Pacifism / Franco V. Trivigno Trivigno, Franco V. 86

7 Some Critical Reflections on Abortion and Virtue Theory / Matthew Flannagan Flannagan, Matthew 102

Part III Environmental Virtue

8 Environmental Degradation, Environmental Justice, and the Compassionate Agent / Chris Frakes Frakes, Chris 119

9 Humility and Environmental Virtue Ethics / Matthew Pianalto Pianalto, Matthew 132

Part IV Intellectual Virtue

10 Hope as an Intellectual Virtue / Nancy E. Snow Snow, Nancy E. 153

11 Virtue Ethics and Moral Failure: Lessons from Neuroscientific Moral Psychology / Lisa Tessman Tessman, Lisa 171

12 Getting Our Minds Out of the Gutter: Fallacies that Foul Our Discourse (and Virtues that Clean it Up) / Robert K. Garcia Garcia, Robert K., Nathan L. King King, Nathan L. 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137280282

113728028X

OCLC:

859253186