Ethics and virtue / Catarina Belo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belo, Catarina, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Virtue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, Germany : WiSa Stuttgart, [2023]

Summary:

In her new book, Catarina Belo explores central issues pertaining to virtue ethics from both a classical and a contemporary perspective. She examines classical theories of virtue as developed by Aristotle, Aquinas, and Shaftesbury, while highlighting central topics within ethical theory and virtue ethics, such as voluntariness, the notion of the good, happiness, and the need to understand human nature and the emotions in developing an ethical theory. Written as a dialogue between a student and a teacher, following the structure and some of the themes of a previous dialogue, Spirit in Philosophy: A Metaphysical Inquiry (Stuttgart, WiSa, 2019), this work also aims to reconcile the notions of virtue and duty.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Nature of Ethics

2. The Presuppositions of Ethics

2.1. Voluntariness

2.2. The Conception of the Good and Happiness

2.3. The Challenge of Determinism

3. Human Nature

3.1. Pleasure, Community and the Emotions

3.2. Habit

4. The Definition of Virtue

4.1. The Unity of the Virtues

5. Types of Virtues

5.1. Moral and Theological Virtues

5.2. The Cardinal Virtues

5.3. Friendship

5.4. The Intellectual Virtues

5.5. Vice

Conclusion.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783955386412

3955386414

OCLC:

1446802893