Virtue Rediscovered
Deontology, Consequentialism, and Virtue Ethics in the Contemporary Moral Landscape
Seiten
2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-8532-3 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-8532-3 (ISBN)
Virtue Rediscovered: Deontology, Consequentialism, and Virtue Ethics in the Contemporary Moral Landscape explores the nature and position of virtue ethics within the contemporary moral landscape and in so doing develops a more complicated framework for ethical theorizing.
Virtue ethics occupies the strange position of being one of the oldest and most prominently discussed ethical theories throughout history, and yet many contemporary moral philosophers do not recognize it as a genuine alternative to currently prominent normative theories, such as utilitarianism or Kantian ethics. In Virtue Rediscovered: Deontology, Consequentialism, and Virtue Ethics in the Contemporary Moral Landscape, Nathan Wood argues that this discrepancy requires us to rethink how we understand the function and purpose of normative ethical theories, especially insofar as such theories are expected to be action guiding. All ethical theories guide action, but they do so in two different ways. One way is through stipulating criteria for what we ought to do, but another way is setting a core concern that represents an account of what lies at the heart of morality and determines the moral salience of features in the world. This framework not only clarifies the nature of deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics, but also recasts the debate among them.
Virtue ethics occupies the strange position of being one of the oldest and most prominently discussed ethical theories throughout history, and yet many contemporary moral philosophers do not recognize it as a genuine alternative to currently prominent normative theories, such as utilitarianism or Kantian ethics. In Virtue Rediscovered: Deontology, Consequentialism, and Virtue Ethics in the Contemporary Moral Landscape, Nathan Wood argues that this discrepancy requires us to rethink how we understand the function and purpose of normative ethical theories, especially insofar as such theories are expected to be action guiding. All ethical theories guide action, but they do so in two different ways. One way is through stipulating criteria for what we ought to do, but another way is setting a core concern that represents an account of what lies at the heart of morality and determines the moral salience of features in the world. This framework not only clarifies the nature of deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics, but also recasts the debate among them.
Nathan Wood is discipline chair of the philosophy, religion, and humanities department at Central Piedmont Community College.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Varieties of Virtue Ethics
Chapter 2: Restructuring the Debate
Chapter 3: Resurrecting Deontology
Chapter 4: Clarifying Consequentialism
Chapter 5: Virtue Ethics in a New Light
Chapter 6: Virtue Ethics as a Whole
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 233 mm |
| Gewicht | 445 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-8532-9 / 1498585329 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-8532-3 / 9781498585323 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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