Integrity And The Virtues Of Reason

Author : Greg Scherkoske
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Integrity
ISBN : 1107343879

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Many people have claimed that integrity requires sticking to one's convictions come what may. Greg Scherkoske challenges this claim, arguing that it creates problems in distinguishing integrity from fanaticism, close-mindedness or mere inertia. Rather, integrity requires sticking to one's convictions to the extent that they are justifiable and likely to be correct. In contrast to traditional views of integrity, Scherkoske contends that it is an epistemic virtue intimately connected to what we know and have reason to believe, rather than an essentially moral virtue connected to our values. He situates integrity in the context of shared cognitive and practical agency and shows that the relationship between integrity and impartial morality is not as antagonistic as many have thought - which has important implications for the 'integrity objection' to impartial moral theories. This original and provocative study will be of great interest to advanced students and scholars of ethics.

Author : Greg Scherkoske
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107354746

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Integrity and the Virtues of Reason by Greg Scherkoske Pdf

Many people have claimed that integrity requires sticking to one's convictions come what may. Greg Scherkoske challenges this claim, arguing that it creates problems in distinguishing integrity from fanaticism, close-mindedness or mere inertia. Rather, integrity requires sticking to one's convictions to the extent that they are justifiable and likely to be correct. In contrast to traditional views of integrity, Scherkoske contends that it is an epistemic virtue intimately connected to what we know and have reason to believe, rather than an essentially moral virtue connected to our values. He situates integrity in the context of shared cognitive and practical agency and shows that the relationship between integrity and impartial morality is not as antagonistic as many have thought - which has important implications for the 'integrity objection' to impartial moral theories. This original and provocative study will be of great interest to advanced students and scholars of ethics.

Author : Christian B. Miller,Ryan West
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190666040

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Integrity, Honesty, and Truth Seeking by Christian B. Miller,Ryan West Pdf

We tend to admire people who stay true to their convictions in the face of opposition, who are not tempted to twist or withhold the truth for selfish reasons, and who seek the truth even when it means giving up their cherished views. Indeed, integrity, honesty, and truth seeking are crucial virtues on both intimate and global scales, significant in everything from our relationships to our politicians' accountability. The past forty years have witnessed a dramatic resurgence of philosophical interest in the virtues. And yet there has been surprisingly little work among philosophers aimed at helping us better understand these three truth-related virtues. Edited by philosophers Christian B. Miller and Ryan West, this interdisciplinary volume significantly advances the discussion of integrity, honesty, and truth seeking by incorporating the insights and perspectives of experts in philosophy, law, communication and rhetorical studies, theology, psychology, history, and education. Each of the volume's three sections is devoted to one virtue, and comprises a conceptual chapter about the nature of the virtue in question, an application chapter that explores the virtue's central role in an area of human life, and a developmental chapter covering some of the ways people can foster the virtue. Additionally, the volume addresses experimental work on honest and dishonest behavior, one of the fastest growing and most important research areas in the field of moral psychology today. Every reader will come away from this volume with a deepened knowledge of and appreciation for the essential roles of these three virtues in our world, and rich resources for developing and sustaining them in life.

Author : Christian B. Miller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780197567494

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Honesty by Christian B. Miller Pdf

"Honesty is clearly an important virtue. Parents want to develop it in their children. Close relationships typically depend upon it. Employers value it in their employees. Yet philosophers have said almost nothing about the virtue of honesty in the past fifty years. This book aims to draw attention to this surprisingly neglected virtue. Part One looks at the concept of honesty. It takes up questions such as what does honesty involve, what are the motives of an honest person, how does practical wisdom relate to honesty, and is there anything that connects all the different sides of honesty, including not lying, not stealing, not breaking promises, not misleading others, and not cheating. A central idea is that the honest person reliably does not intentionally distort the facts as she takes them to be. Part Two looks at the empirical psychology of honesty. It takes up the question of whether most people are honest, dishonest, or somewhere in-between. Drawing extensively on recent studies of cheating and lying in particular, the emerging model ends up implying that most of us have a long way to go to reach an honest character"--

Author : Austin Bierbower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UOM:39015059888563

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The Virtues and Their Reasons by Austin Bierbower Pdf

Author : Mark S. Halfon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0877226059

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Integrity by Mark S. Halfon Pdf

Author : Hayden Ramsay
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0312174853

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Beyond Virtue by Hayden Ramsay Pdf

Virtue ethics or natural law? Most contemporary accounts treat these as rival approaches. This book argues both are necessary since virtue is commitment to objective human goods. It also argues integrity is planning one's life by commitment to reasonableness, rejects traditional natural law and virtue ethics for more deontological accounts of the human good and virtue, and explains human personhood accordingly. Part 2 then analyzes Aquinas's accounts of emotion, the body and happiness in terms of integrity.

Author : Damian Cox,Marguerite La Caze,Michael P. Levine
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015056464558

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Integrity and the Fragile Self by Damian Cox,Marguerite La Caze,Michael P. Levine Pdf

The authors comment upon and analyse the peculiar human struggle to make sense of life by discovering a purpose, the fulfilment of which would be linked to achieving happiness, in this study of human integrity.

Author : Stan van Hooft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317544777

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The Handbook of Virtue Ethics by Stan van Hooft Pdf

Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary applied ethics. Virtue ethics now flourishes in philosophy, sociology and theology and its applications extend to law, politics and bioethics. "The Handbook of Virtue Ethics" brings together leading international scholars to provide an overview of the field. Each chapter summarizes and assesses the most important work on a particular topic and sets this work in the context of historical developments. Taking a global approach by embracing a variety of major cultural traditions along with the Western, the "Handbook" maps the emergence of virtue ethics and provides a framework for future developments.

Author : Fritz Allhoff,Jonathan Milgrim,Anand Vaidya
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781770488069

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Professions in Ethical Focus – Second Edition by Fritz Allhoff,Jonathan Milgrim,Anand Vaidya Pdf

This second edition of Professions in Ethical Focus comprises over seventy-five readings complemented by twenty case studies with corresponding discussion questions. These resources are organized into several thematic units, including “conflicts of interest,” “honesty, deception, and trust,” “privacy and confidentiality,” and “professionalism, diversity, and pluralism.” An alternative table of contents is also provided, identifying readings that bear on particular professions such as engineering, journalism, medicine, law, and policing. The book’s introductory unit offers short selections from classic and contemporary ethical theory, including non-Western traditions. All of the readings have been introduced by the editors and carefully excerpted for relevance, always with the needs of student readers in mind.

Author : Howard J. Curzer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781003857686

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Difficult Virtues by Howard J. Curzer Pdf

In this book, Howard J. Curzer describes eight virtues that have proven problematic to virtue ethicists. Integrity has been the subject of wildly different accounts. Open-mindedness and forgiveness are described in ways that many endorse, but few seek to practice. Accounts of tolerance and civility generally fit only the privileged. Finally, good timing, ambition, and creativity have attracted almost no attention at all. Curzer offers novel, plausible accounts of all of these eight difficult virtues, and demonstrates that they possess the standard features of Aristotelian virtues (for example, conformity to the Doctrine of the Mean). This enlarges the scope of Aristotelian virtue ethics by enabling it to cover eight additional spheres of human life. Using these difficult virtues as springboards and extrapolating from some of Aristotle’s remarks, Curzer codifies some standard features of Aristotelian virtues, and speculatively suggests additional features to enhance the descriptive and prescriptive power of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Thus, Curzer adds to the standard list of Aristotelian virtues and to the standard list of features that make virtues Aristotelian. Each difficult virtue is different, but certain themes thread through all of them: self-construction, social critique, and significant creation. Curzer’s accounts of these virtues illuminate the ways people forge their own identities, struggle to acquire virtue despite disadvantage, and produce and appreciate novelty.

Author : Matthew W McKeon,Associate Professor of Philosophy Matthew W McKeon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780197751633

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Arguments and Reason-Giving by Matthew W McKeon,Associate Professor of Philosophy Matthew W McKeon Pdf

Arguments figure in our everyday practices of giving reasons. For example, we use arguments to advance reasons to explain why we believe or did something, to justify our beliefs or actions, to persuade others to do or to believe something, and to advance reasons to worry or to fear that something is true. This book is about our uses of arguments to advance their premises as reasons for believing their conclusions, i.e., as reasons for believing that their conclusions are true. What, exactly, is involved when you successfully use an argument to advance the premises as reasons for believing the conclusion? Philosopher Matthew W. McKeon suggests there is more involved than one might think.

Author : Noell Birondo,S. Stewart Braun
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315314242

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Virtue’s Reasons by Noell Birondo,S. Stewart Braun Pdf

Virtues and reasons are two of the most fruitful and important concepts in contemporary moral philosophy. Many writers have commented upon the close connection between virtues and reasons, but no one has done full justice to the complexity of this connection. It is generally recognized that the virtues not only depend upon reasons, but also sometimes provide them. The essays in this volume shed light on precisely how virtues and reasons are related to each other and what can be learned by exploring this relationship. Virtue’s Reasons is divided into three sections, each of them devoted to a general issue regarding the relationship between virtues and reasons. The first section analyzes how the virtues may be related to, or linked with, normative reasons in ways that improve our understanding of what constitutes virtuous character and ethical agency. The second section explores the reasons moral agents have for cultivating the virtues and how the virtues impact moral responsiveness or development. The final section examines how reasons can be employed in understanding the nature of virtue, and how specific virtues, like modesty and practical wisdom, interact with reasons. This book will be of major interest to scholars working on virtue theory, the nature of moral character, and normative ethics.

Author : Stan van Hooft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317494034

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Understanding Virtue Ethics by Stan van Hooft Pdf

More and more philosophers have advocated varieties of virtue-based ethics that challenge moral theory traditionally founded on moral obligation and the delineation of what is right or wrong in given situations. Virtue ethics, which focuses upon the character of moral agents more than on the moral status of their actions or the consequences of those actions, has become one of the most important and stimulating areas of contemporary ethical theory. "Understanding Virtue Ethics" is an accessible and lively introduction to the subject. It provides a broad overview of the history of virtue ethics from Aristotle to Nietzsche as well as examining the ideas of such contemporary writers as Ricoeur and Levinas. Major themes dealt with by moral theory are examined and how a virtue ethics approach to them differs from those of other traditions is explored. Practical problems of moral complexity such as abortion, euthanasia, and integrity in politics, and how they might be approached from a virtue perspective are considered. The charges of relativism and egoism that are often mounted against virtue ethics are rebutted and virtues that are especially relevant to contemporary life, namely, courage, taking responsibility, and reverence are examined in depth. Finally, the author argues that virtue ethics is highly relevant to our understanding of the moral dimensions of professional roles.

Author : Austin Bierbower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Ethics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105049196319

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The Virtues and Their Reasons by Austin Bierbower Pdf