| Author/Contributor(s): | Statman, Daniel |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Date: | 08/01/1997 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
This book offers a clear and systematic introduction to virtue ethics, a topic which has inspired one of the most interesting contemporary debates in ethical theory--the question of whether virtues can replace duties as the primary notion in ethical theory.
The volume comprises an introduction to virtue ethics by Daniel Statman and a collection of the most important essays published on the topic in the last decade. The essays encompass a wide range of aspects: the difference between virtue ethics and traditional duty ethics; arguments for and against virtue ethics; the practical implications of virtue ethics; and Aristotelian and Kantian attitudes towards virtue ethics.