Beyond the Self (eBook)

Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Culture

Raymond Hain (Herausgeber)

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2019
296 Seiten
Baylor University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4813-1043-7 (ISBN)

Infos

W. David Solomon sits at the very center of the revival of virtue ethics. Solomon’s work extended what began with the publication of G. E. M. Anscombe’s "Modern Moral Philosophy" (1958) by solidifying virtue ethics as a viable approach within contemporary moral philosophy.

Beyond the Self: Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Culture comprises twelve chapters: eleven that employ Solomon’s work and legacy, followed by a twelfth concluding chapter by Solomon himself. Each chapter deepens and develops virtue ethics as a rich intellectual tradition rooted in Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas.

Editor Raymond Hain divides the volume into three sections. The first addresses the historical contexts of happiness, justice, and mercy in the tradition of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. The second turns to recent themes in normative ethics, focusing on topics such as morality, virtue, and egoism. The third discusses broader ethical issues with significant cultural implications, such as human dignity, physician-assisted suicide, and secularization.

Beyond the Self uncovers the shortcomings of contemporary moral philosophy and the depth and capacity of the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions, reminding the reader that classical virtue ethics remains the most promising framework for understanding the moral life.

Contributors include: Michael Beaty, Kevin L. Flannery, Raymond Hain, John Haldane, Thomas Hibbs, Irfan Khawaja, Alasdair MacIntyre, John O’Callaghan, Bryan C. Pilkington, W. David Solomon, Christopher Toner, and Candace Vogler.

Autor

Raymond Hain is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Providence College.

Inhalt

Introduction
Part One: Historical Themes
1. Intrinsic Aptness and the Embodied Self: The Role of External Goods in Eudaimonia
Christopher Toner
2. The Complexity of Justice: Thomas Aquinas' Interpretation of the Fifth Book of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Kevin L. Flannery, S.J.
3. Fearless Mercy beyond Justice: Aquinas and Nussbaum's Pity Tradition
John O'Callaghan
4. The Problem of Justice: Anscombe, Solomon, and Radical Virtue Ethics
Thomas Hibbs
Part Two: Normative Ethics
5. Whither Moral Philosophy?
John Haldane
6. Philippa Foot and Iris Murdoch on (Natural) Goodness
Michael D. Beaty
7. David Solomon on Egoism and Virtue
Irfan Khawaja
8. You Owe It to Yourself
Candace Vogler
Part Three: Ethics and Culture
9. Dignity and the Challenge of Agreement
Bryan C. Pilkington
10. Against the "Autonomy" and "Best Interest" Defenses of Medically Assisted Death
Raymond Hain
11. Some Thoughts on Secularization
Alasdair MacIntyre
12. Elizabeth Anscombe and the Late Twentieth-Century Revival of Virtue Ethics
W. David Solomon

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2019
• Verlagsort: Waco
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Schlagworte: Anglophone virtue ethics, philosophy, Christian philosophy, Christianity and philosophy, ethics, virtue ethics, Christian ethics, Kant, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Classical ethics, classical philosophy, W. David Solomon, DeNicola Center for Faith and Ethics, Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, Aristotelian ethics, moral philosophy, Elizabeth Anscombe, Neo-Kantians, Neo-Kantian moral philosophy, Medical ethics, euthanasia, secularization
• ISBN-10: 1-4813-1043-7 / 1481310437
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4813-1043-7 / 9781481310437