{"product_id":"character-virtue-theories-and-the-vices-9781551112251","title":"Character, Virtue Theories, and the Vices","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that the question posed by virtue theories, namely, “what kind of person should I be?” provides a more promising approach to moral questions than do either deontological or consequentialist moral theories where the concern is with what actions are morally required or permissible. It does so both by arguing that there are firmer theoretical foundations for virtue theories, and by persuasively suggesting the superiority of virtue theories over deontological and consquentialist theories on the question of explaining morally bad behavior. Virtue theories can give a richer account by appealing to the kinds of dispositions that make certain bad choices appear attractive. This richer account also exposes a further advantage of virtue theories: they provide the best kinds of motivations for agents to become better persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“ … a lucid distillation of central themes in the recent literature on virtue ethics, with distinctive emphases on responsibility for character and on a naturalistic account of the virtuous person’s flourishing.” — Thomas Hurka, University of Calgary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“McKinnon has managed to combine clarity and a keen awareness of contemporary theoretical issues with sensitivity to the enormous complexity of an ethics of character. This book advances the discussion of virtue ethics both in its theoretical form and in the details of character description.” — Linda Zagzebski, Author of \u003cem\u003eVirtues of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge University Press)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Human Nature and Ethics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman Nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNaturalized Ethics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeleology and Naturalistic Explanations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Virtues and Vices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirtues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVices and Kinds of Bad Persons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirtues and Vices and Human Flourishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Role of Character in Virtue Theories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter: Naturalistic, Ethical, Metaphysical\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Explanatory Roles of Virtue and Character in Virtue Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheoretically Problematic Issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResponsibility for Character\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e‘Character’ as a Normative Term\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter-Construction and the Requirement of Self-Conscious Awareness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Moral Theories and the Vices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Implications for a Moral Theory of Assessing Persons Rather than Actions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional Explanations of Bad Behavior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirtue Theoretic Accounts of Wrong-Doing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Functional Goodness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman Nature and Good Persons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVices: Intellectual and Moral Deficiencies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWickedness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Practical Reasoning and The Unity of a Good Human Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman Nature and Meaningful Choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical Reasoning and its Place in Ethical Theories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Some Particular Vices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCruelty\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHypocrisy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelfishness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Ethical Judgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoralizing Perfectionisms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJudging: Admonishment and Blame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacter-Types and Ethics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003eEndnotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041303265623,"sku":"9781551112251","price":44.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781551112251.jpg?v=1750949730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/character-virtue-theories-and-the-vices-9781551112251","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}