Science and Virtue

An Essay on the Impact of the Scientific Mentality on Moral Character

Louis Caruana (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

142 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-25933-1 (ISBN)

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Charting new territory in the interface between science and ethics, Science and Virtue is a study of how the scientific mentality can affect the building of character, or the attainment of virtue by the individual. Drawing on inspiration from virtue-ethics and virtue-epistemology, Caruana argues that science is not just a system of knowledge but also an important factor determining a way of life. This book goes beyond the normal strategy evident in the science-ethics realm of examining specific ethical dilemmas posed by scientific innovations. Here Caruana deals with more fundamental issues, uncovering morally significant tendencies within the very core of the scientific mentality and explaining how science, its method, history and explanatory power can shape a conception of the good life.

Louis Caruana is Lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London, UK.

Contents: Preface; A preamble on virtue; Observation; Method; Explanation; Science and history; Science as a way of life; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-138-25933-0 / 1138259330
ISBN-13	978-1-138-25933-1 / 9781138259331
Zustand	Neuware