Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Virtue Epistemology An approach in epistemology that applies the resources of virtue theory to problems in the theory of knowledge. It is argued that by doing so it is possible to give informative accounts of knowledge, evidence, and other important epistemic ...

Virtue Theory Virtue theory is the view that the foundation of morality is the development of good character traits, or virtues. A person is good, then, if he has virtues and lacks vices. Typical virtues include courage, temperance, justice, prudence, fortitude, liberality, and truthfulness. Some virtue theorists mention as many as 100 virtuous character traits which contribute to making someone ...

Modern Philosophy Does Hume Have an Ethics of Virtue Some Observations on Character and Reasoning in Hume and Aristotle Marcia L. Homiak Occidental College homiak@oxy.edu ABSTRACT: I argue that Hume's ethics can be characterized as a virtue ethics, by which I mean a view according to which character has priority over action and the principles governing action: virtuous character guides and ...

Theoretical Ethics Virtue Ethics (Not Too) Simplified Philip Cafaro Southwest State University ABSTRACT: There are two basic types of ethical judgments: deontological judgements that focus on focus on duty and obligation and eudaimonist judgements that focus on human excellence and the nature of the good life. I contend that we must carefully distinguish these two types of judgement and not try ...

Virtue Ethics in the Ancient World Phil. 6396, Greek Moral Theory, 1992 Virtue ethics is an approach to ethics that its adherents see as importantly different from, and superior to, two major modern rival approaches, utilitarianism and (Kantian) deontic theories. From a few sporadic early writers and books in the 1950's and 60's, this approach has steadily grown in popularity until it now claims ...

What Are the New Dialogue Transcripts Over the past several months persons with backgrounds in medicine, law, ethics, theology, business and economics have gathered for weekend conversations on the subject of the moral crisis. These conversations were taped, transcribed, and edited to produce the materials which appear here. Like most unstructured conversations, the conversation moved around ...