Virtue Theory Ethics Philosophy
Virtue Theory Ethics Philosophy
Virtue theory is the branch of ethics that founds morality upon disposition: ie. how it is we know choose between courses of action and our motivations in acting upon our decisions. As such it is in oppsition to the main strand of moral theorising which is concerned with goods (ie. the ends of those choices and actions).
Top: Society: Philosophy: Ethics: Virtue Theory
See Also:
Editor's Picks:
Virtue Theory - Entry in the Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
-
Virtue Ethics in the Ancient World - Graduate seminar series organised by Cynthia Freeland at the University of Houston.
-
Does Hume Have an Ethics of Virtue? - Article by Marcia L. Homiak presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, which argues that Hume's ethics is best seen as a virtue ethics.
-
Virtue Ethics (Not Too) Simplified - Article by Philip Cafaro presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.
-
The Four Virtues - Dedicated to the practical applications of the virtues of courage, temperance, wisdom and justice. With sections for Eastern and Western theories.
-
The New Dialogue - Interesting site, concerned with the idea that there is a crisis in liberalism. Contents are structured as a Platonic dialogue, covering the works of such familiar figures as MacIntyre, Sandell and Taylor.
-
Core Values: The Problems of Justification and Motivation - Article by Charles A. Pfaff presented at JSCOPE, an organisation concerned with the application of ethics to the military. Pfaff argues that the core values initiative casts insufficient light on practical problems, and that an account of character and vi
-
Review of The Virtues in Medical Practice - By Jonathan Imber, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
-
Virtue Epistemology - An approach in epistemology that applies the resources of virtue theory to problems in the theory of knowledge. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Greco.
-
Ethics Updates: Anti-Theory - A short survey on the views of philosophers who are skeptical of theorising in ethics.
-
Ethics and Virtue - Short article discussing the relationship of ethics and virtue in decision making. Appears at the Ethics Connection, a centre at Santa Clara University.
-
32 Essential Virtues - A list of 32 basic virtues, with relevant quotes from religious, philosophic, and literary sources.
-
Literature on Aristotle and Virtue Ethics - Discussion forum, lectures, and links to texts on Aristotle's ethical theories, and a survey of its influence on modern virtue theory.
Click here to add, change or remove your listing
|
