Robert Merrihew Adams

A Theory of Virtue

Excellence in Being for the Good

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Produktbeschreibung

A Theory of Virtue is a systematic, comprehensive framework for thinking about the moral evaluation of character, proposing that virtue is chiefly a matter of being for what is good, and that virtues must be intrinsically excellent and not just beneficial or useful.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780199552252
• ISBN-10: 0199552258
• Artikelnr.: 26006111

Autorenporträt

Robert Merrihew Adams is Professor of Philosophy at Mansfield College, University of Oxford

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: What Is Virtue?
1: Introduction
2: Excellence in Being for the Good
3: Wickedness and Vices
4: Virtue and its Benefits
Part Two: Self and Other
5: Altruism
6: Common Projects
7: Self-Love and the Vices of Self-Preference
Part Three: Are There Really Any Virtues?
8: Moral Inconsistency
9: Moral Frailty and Moral Luck
10: Do the Virtues All Imply Each Other?
11: Plural and Integrated Virtue
12: Can Virtue Be Taught?