Virtue Theory Ethics Philosophy

Virtue Theory Ethics Philosophy

Virtue Theory

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

Editor's Picks:

- Entry in the Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.

- Essay by David Lutz presented at JSCOPE 97, analysing the development of the character of General Douglas MacArthur from the perspective of virtue ethics.
- Discussion forum, lectures, and links to texts on Aristotle's ethical theories, and a survey of its influence on modern virtue theory.
- Essay by Charles Pfaff presented at JSCOPE 98, which argues that virtue ethics can cast light on issues of leadership that utilitarian and rule-based systems cannot.
- Article by Philip Cafaro presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.
- 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.
- Article from Shoot the Messenger, an organisation that attempts to `engage and interpret popular culture'. Discusses the ethics of cloning from a number of perspectives, and is especially sympathetic to the treatment of MacIntyre.
- A short survey on the views of philosophers who are skeptical of theorising in ethics.
- Article by Robert Bonadonno presented at JSCOPE 99, arguing for the importance of lierary narrative in forming a practical appreciation of military virtue.
- Critical review by KnutJohan Øen of Damien Keown's `The Nature of Buddhist Ethics'.
- By Jonathan Imber, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Short article discussing the relationship of ethics and virtue in decision making. Appears at the Ethics Connection, a centre at Santa Clara University.
- 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 insufficent light on practical problems, and that an account of character and vi
- 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.
- 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.
- A short essay by Karl Jahn on the natural and rational basis of ethics, emphasising the importance of the virtues and vices.
- Thesis by Arto Laitinen, principally concerned with the claims by Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor on the nature of moral reasoning.
- Graduate seminar series organised by Cynthia Freeland at the University of Houston.
- Notes by Charles Ess.
- Essay by Jeffrey R. Tiel presented at JSCOPE 99, applying the discussion on virtue ethics to the needs of the US armed services, and arguing that an account of virtue needs to be supplemented by an account of core values.

MySQL - Cache Direct sec.