Virtues and Their Vices (Hardcover)

Virtues and Their Vices is the only extant contemporary, comprehensive treatment of specific virtues and, where applicable, their competing vices. Each of the essays, written exclusively for this volume, not only locates discussion of that virtue in its historical context, but also advances the discussion and debate concerning the understanding and role of the virtues. Each of the first four sections focuses on a particular, historically important class of virtues: the cardinal virtues, the capital vices (or 'seven deadly sins') and the corrective virtues, intellectual virtues, and the theological virtues. The final section discusses the role virtue theory and the virtues themselves play in a number of disciplines, ranging from theology and political theory to neurobiology and feminism. The treatment of the virtues in this present volume is sensitive to the historical heritage of the virtues, including their theological heritage, without paying undue attention to the historical and theological issues. Virtues and Their Vices engages contemporary philosophical scholarship as well as relevant scholarship from related disciplines throughout. It is a unique and compelling addition to the philosophical treatment of the virtues as well as their import in a wide spectrum of disciplines.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	April 2014
Editors:	Kevin Timpe (Professor of Philosophy) • Craig A. Boyd (Associate Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	240 x 163 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	522
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-964554-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Physiological & neuro-psychology Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > Practical & applied ethics Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General
LSN:	0-19-964554-X
Barcode:	9780199645541

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