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Virtue Discounting: Observability Reduces Moral Actors’ Perceived Virtue

open access: yesOpen Mind, 2023
Performing prosociality in public presents a paradox: only by doing so can people demonstrate their virtue and also influence others through their example, yet observers may derogate actors’ behavior as mere “virtue signaling.” Here we investigate the role of observability of actors’ behavior as one reason that people engage in such “virtue discounting.
Gordon T. Kraft-Todd   +2 more
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Uncovering the moral heuristics of altruism: A philosophical scale. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Extant research suggests that individuals employ traditional moral heuristics to support their observed altruistic behavior; yet findings have largely been limited to inductive extrapolation and rely on relatively few traditional frames in so doing ...
Julian Friedland   +2 more
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Ethics and the Perfect Moral Law [PDF]

open access: yesTyndale Bulletin, 2000
This paper examines contemporary virtue ethics and the claim that Christian ethics is a virtue ethic. Three central theses are identified as being central to virtue ethics: a priority thesis, a perfectionist thesis and a communitarian thesis.
Harry Bunting
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Moral virtues

open access: yesEthic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2004
Although much has been published on virtues in recent years, there is still considerable uncertainty in philosophy (and even more among philosophical laymen) about the concept of a virtue and especially about moral virtues. In this article, I will try to
Georg Spielthenner
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Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics [PDF]

open access: yesRelacje Międzykulturowe, 2017
In this paper I compare two contemporary moral theories; virtue ethics and the ethics of care. They both reject traditional ethical positions – Kantian ethics and utilitarianism.
Dariusz Juruś
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THE REVIVAL OF VIRTUE ETHICS AS AN ETHICAL VIEW

open access: yesSocial Sciences, Humanities and Education Journal, 2021
Aristotle and Plato were the chief architects of virtue ethics, but their own formulation of virtue ethics was mostly subdued with the appearance of consequentialism as well as Kantian deontology.
Chris O. Abakare
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Mulla Sadra on Virtue and Action [PDF]

open access: yesReligious Inquiries, 2018
This paper sheds light on the views of Mulla Sadra about virtue and action. The main question is how he explains the relationship, if any, between virtue and action.
Zahra Khazaei
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Examining the position of virtue ethics in normative ethics [PDF]

open access: yesاخلاق وحیانی, 2023
Virtue ethics is known as one of the three branches of normative ethics, but some moral philosophers are not in favor of an independent position for it in normative ethics.
مرتضی bakhshi golsefidi   +1 more
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A Compass for What Matters: Applying Virtue Ethics to Information Behavior

open access: yesOpen Information Science, 2023
Out of the three major approaches to ethics, virtue ethics is uniquely well suited as a moral guide in the digital age, given the pace of sociotechnical change and the complexity of society.
Gorichanaz Tim
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சங்க இலக்கியத்தில் அறக்கருத்துகள் / Thoughts of Virtue in Sangam Literature [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Tamil Language and Literary Studies, 2022
The ancient Tamils wanted virtue to flourish in their society. They considered virtue as the highest one in life. The Brahmins (Andanars) lived in praise of charity. The kings ruled with sceptre and protected virtue.
முனைவர் க.வாணிஜோதி / Dr. G. Vani Jothi
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