Virtue Ethics

Oxford Readings in Philosophy

by Roger Crisp (editor), Michael Slote (Editor)

This volume brings together much of the most influential work undertaken in the field of virtue ethics over the last four decades. The ethics of virtue predominated in the ancient world, and recent moral philosophy has seen a revival of interest in virtue ethics as a rival to Kantian and utilitarian approaches to morality. Divided into four sections, the collection includes articles critical of other traditions; early attempts to offer a positive vision of virtue ethics; some later criticisms of the revival of virtue ethics; and, finally, some recent, more theoretically ambitious essays in virtue ethics.

Genres: Philosophy, Essays, Sociology, Academic, Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published March 27, 1997

Reviews

[Alfredo Nicolás Dueñas]

Some absolute bangers of the field, a really solid collection to get the gist of the view out there, even if it isn't entirely clear how they stand in relation to one another.