Vices, Virtues, and Consequences offers a broad study of the basic
and universal issues in ethics and politics, the issues of what the
human good is and how to attain it and avoid its opposite. These
questions have long been debated and are no less debated today.
However, according to author Peter Phillips Simpson, within the
mainstream of Anglo-American modern philosophy they have been
debated too narrowly. This narrowness is one of our modern vices,
and it does much to encourage other vices, in particular that of
despair of universal and objective reason. The essays in this
collection not only attack these vices, but also attempt to replace
them with the contrary virtues. The volume begins with an overview
of modern Anglo-American moral philosophy and critiques the work of
contemporary thinkers-specifically Alasdair MacIntyre and John
Rawls-and the work of historical thinkers such as Machiavelli,
Kant, and Hobbes. The author then explores ancient and medieval
sources, and applies their concepts to discussions of modern
problems. The book closes with chapters that discuss the direct
consequences of contemporary vices in both thought and action, in
particular the vice of failing to educate the morals of citizens.
Simpson rejects the contemporary liberal dogma that political
authority should not be involved in the moral education of
citizens. Violence in Northern Ireland and the crime of abortion
are among the issues discussed. Peter Phillips Simpson is professor
of philosophy and classics at the Graduate Center and the College
of Staten Island, City University of New York. He is the author of
numerous articles and books including The Politics of Aristotle, A
Philosophical Commentary on the Politics of Aristotle, and Karol
Wojtyla.
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