Virtue, vice, and value / Thomas Hurka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurka, Thomas, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtue.

Social values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 272 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hurka's book puts forth a comprehensive theoretical account of moral virtue and vice. More specifically, it gives an account of the intrinsic goodness of virtue, and intrinsic evil of vice that can fit into a consequentialist moral theory.

Contents:

1. The Recursive Account

2. Merits and Implications

3. Degrees of Virtue and Vice

4. Varieties of Virtue and Vice

5. How Great a Good Is Virtue?

6. Attitudes, Beliefs, and Love as a Condition of Value

7. Extending the Account

8. Against Virtue Ethics.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-515865-2

1-281-98894-4

9786611988944

0-19-803138-6

OCLC:

317128233