Virtue S Reasons

Author : Noell Birondo,S. Stewart Braun
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,8 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 : Austin Bierbower
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Ethics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105049196319

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The Virtues and Their Reasons by Austin Bierbower Pdf

Author : John Bradshaw
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Integrity
ISBN : 9780553095920

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Reclaiming Virtue by John Bradshaw Pdf

The best-selling author of Creating Love sets out to redefine what it means to live a moral life in today's world by helping readers reclaim and cultivate their inborn moral intelligence by developing one's instincts for goodness in childhood and nurturing them through one's adult life to promote good character and moral responsibility.

Author : Noell Birondo,S. Stewart Braun
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781315314235

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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 : Ryan J. Brady
Publisher : Emmaus Academic
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645851646

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Conforming to Right Reason: On the Ends of the Moral Virtues and the Roles of Prudence and Synderesis by Ryan J. Brady Pdf

How do the intellect and will remain free while pursuing a life of virtue? This is where the question of prudence comes in. Is the practical wisdom of the prudent man founded upon some kind of innate or acquired instinct, or does it presuppose understanding of intellectually grasped basic principles? And if those principles are presupposed, is reason necessary for applying them in any given instance, or can one solely look to the rightly formed appetites acquired by moral virtue? In answering these questions, Ryan J. Brady looks first and foremost to St. Thomas Aquinas and his ancient and modern interpreters. Brady’s way of engaging the question of the interplay between the intellect and reason is by focusing on two apparently conflicting texts of St. Thomas Aquinas, one of which says that synderesis (the habit of the first principles of the practical intellect) appoints the end to the moral virtues and another which says prudence does. The author’s conviction is that the correct way of reconciling the two texts not only establishes knowledge of the role of conscience, virtue, and natural law in the moral life but also provides insight into the profoundly complementary roles of reason and will within the context of a life of virtue.

Author : Rosalind Hursthouse,Gavin Lawrence,Warren Quinn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015034419823

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Virtues and Reasons by Rosalind Hursthouse,Gavin Lawrence,Warren Quinn Pdf

Philippa Foot is one of the most original and widely respected philosophers of our time; her work has exerted a lasting influence on the development of moral philosophy. In tribute to her, twelve leading philosophers from both sides of the Atlantic have contributed essays exploring the various topics in moral philosophy to which she has made a distinctive contribution--virtue ethics, naturalism, non-cognitivism, relativism, categorical requirements, and the role of rationality in morality.

Author : Paula Gottlieb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521761765

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The Virtue of Aristotle's Ethics by Paula Gottlieb Pdf

This text looks at Aristotle's claims, particularly the much-maligned doctrine of the mean.

Author : Sam Guzman
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621640684

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The Catholic Gentleman by Sam Guzman Pdf

What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have been eroding for decades, now the very categories of male and female are being discarded with reckless abandon. How does one act like a gentleman in such confusing times? The Catholic Gentleman is a solid and practical guide to virtuous manhood. It turns to the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church to answer the important questions men are currently asking. In short, easy- to-read chapters, the author offers pithy insights on a variety of topics, including • How to know you are an authentic man • Why our bodies matter • The value of tradition • The purpose of courtesy • What real holiness is and how to achieve it • How to deal with failure in the spiritual life

Author : Catherine A. Darnell,Kristján Kristjánsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000218039

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Virtues and Virtue Education in Theory and Practice by Catherine A. Darnell,Kristján Kristjánsson Pdf

Virtues and Virtue Education in Theory and Practice explores questions about the locality versus the universality of virtues from a number of theoretical and practical perspectives. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it considers the relevance of these debates for the practice of virtue and character education. This volume brings together experts from education, philosophy, and psychology to consider how different disciplines might learn from each other and how insights from theory and practice can be integrated. It shows that questions about virtue relativity or universality have not only theoretical significance but also important practical ramifications. The chapters explore different complexities of virtue ethics and different approaches to nurturing virtue and beyond, questioning how well virtues travel across geographical and cultural borders. By examining the philosophical literature and making links between theory and practice in an original way, the book offers scholarly research-informed suggestions for practice. It will be of great interest to researchers and academics and students in educational philosophy, character education, ethics, and psychology.

Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681490472

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Back to Virtue by Peter Kreeft Pdf

"We have reduced all virtues to one: being nice. And, we measure Jesus by our standard instead of measuring our standard by Him." For the Christian, explains author Peter Kreeft, being virtuous is not a means to the end of pleasure, comfort and happiness. Virtue, he reminds us, is a word that means "manly strength." But how do we know when we are being meek--or just cowardly? When is our anger righteous--and when is it a sin? What is the difference between being virtuous--and merely ethical? Back to Virtue clears up these and countless other questions that beset Christians today. Kreeft not only summarizes scriptural and theological wisdom on leading a holy life, he contrasts Christian virtue with other ethical systems. He applies traditional moral theology to present-day dilemmas such as abortion and nuclear armament. Kreeft restores to us what was once common knowledge: the Seven Deadly Sins have an antidote in the Beatitudes. By setting up a close contrast between the two sets of behaviors, Kreeft offers proven guidance in the often bewildering process of discerning right from wrong as we move into the questionable mores of the twenty-first century. He provides a road map of virtue, a map for our earthly pilgrimage synthesized from the accumulated wisdom of centuries of Christians, from Paul and the early Church Fathers through C.S. Lewis.

Author : Glen Newey
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474471299

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Virtue, Reason and Toleration by Glen Newey Pdf

Glen Newey systematically analyses toleration in relation to broader issues in meta-ethical theory and offers a new, rigorous philosophical theory of toleration as a virtue.

Author : Steven Bouma-Prediger
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493410743

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Earthkeeping and Character by Steven Bouma-Prediger Pdf

Addressing a topic of growing and vital concern, this book asks us to reconsider how we think about the natural world and our place in it. Steven Bouma-Prediger brings ecotheology into conversation with the emerging field of environmental virtue ethics, exploring the character traits and virtues required for Christians to be responsible keepers of the earth and to flourish in the challenging decades to come. He shows how virtue ethics can enrich Christian environmentalism, helping readers think and act in ways that rightly value creation.

Author : J. Budziszewski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107165786

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Commentary on Thomas Aquinas's Virtue Ethics by J. Budziszewski Pdf

This guide to St Thomas Aquinas' virtue ethics provides commentary on essential texts, rendering them accessible to all readers.

Author : Stephen M. Gardiner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501724275

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Virtue Ethics, Old and New by Stephen M. Gardiner Pdf

"There are grounds for saying that contemporary work in virtue ethics is, if not quite in its theoretical infancy, at least not far out of diapers. And this suggests that we should be gentle and nurturing, allowing it time to flourish before coming to any definitive verdict on its merits.... However, it is hard to deny that modern-day virtue ethics is part of a long, sophisticated and fairly continuous tradition. Not only does the approach have origins almost as ancient as philosophy itself, but its history also includes extensive work by such philosophical luminaries as (at least) Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Aquinas, and (perhaps) Hume and Nietzsche. And this suggests that we should already be in a good position to assess its appeal."—from the Introduction In Virtue Ethics, Old and New, ten philosophers seek to enrich the contemporary understanding and development of virtue ethics through a detailed examination of some key contributions from its past. Their essays demonstrate the continuing relevance of the history of moral philosophy to contemporary debates.

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153978438X

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Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle Pdf

The Ethics of Aristotle is one half of a single treatise of which his Politics is the other half. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the "philosophy of human affairs;" but more frequently Political or Social Science. In the two works taken together we have their author's whole theory of human conduct or practical activity, that is, of all human activity which is not directed merely to knowledge or truth. The Nicomachean Ethics is the name normally given to Aristotle's best-known work on ethics. The work, which plays a pre-eminent role in defining Aristotelian ethics, consists of ten books, originally separate scrolls, and is understood to be based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum. The title is often assumed to refer to his son Nicomachus, to whom the work was dedicated or who may have edited it (although his young age makes this less likely). Alternatively, the work may have been dedicated to his father, who was also called Nicomachus. The theme of the work is a Socratic question previously explored in the works of Plato, Aristotle's friend and teacher, of how men should best live. In his Metaphysics, Aristotle described how Socrates, the friend and teacher of Plato, had turned philosophy to human questions, whereas Pre-Socratic philosophy had only been theoretical. Ethics, as now separated out for discussion by Aristotle, is practical rather than theoretical, in the original Aristotelian senses of these terms. In other words, it is not only a contemplation about good living, because it also aims to create good living. It is therefore connected to Aristotle's other practical work, the Politics, which similarly aims at people becoming good. Ethics is about how individuals should best live, while the study of politics is from the perspective of a law-giver, looking at the good of a whole community.