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The Oxford Handbook of Virtue (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Virtue (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have seen a
renaissance in the study of virtue - a topic that has prevailed in
philosophical work since the time of Aristotle. Several major
developments have conspired to mark this new age. Foremost among
them, some argue, is the birth of virtue ethics, an approach to
ethics that focuses on virtue in place of consequentialism (the
view that normative properties depend only on consequences) or
deontology (the study of what we have a moral duty to do). The
emergence of new virtue theories also marks this new wave of work
on virtue. Put simply, these are theories about what virtue is, and
they include Kantian and utilitarian virtue theories. Concurrently,
virtue ethics is being applied to other fields where it hasn't been
used before, including bioethics and education. In addition to
these developments, the study of virtue in epistemological theories
has become increasingly widespread to the point that it has spawned
a subfield known as 'virtue epistemology.' This volume therefore
provides a representative overview of philosophical work on virtue.
It is divided into seven parts: conceptualizations of virtue,
historical and religious accounts, contemporary virtue ethics and
theories of virtue, central concepts and issues, critical
examinations, applied virtue ethics, and virtue epistemology.
Forty-two chapters by distinguished scholars offer insights and
directions for further research. In addition to philosophy, authors
also deal with virtues in non-western philosophical traditions,
religion, and psychological perspectives on virtue.
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