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Virtue ethics and social psychology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Virtue ethics has emerged as an alternative to deontological and utilitarian theory in recent moral philosophy. The basic notion of virtue ethics is to reassert the importance of virtuous character in ethical judgement in contrast to the emphasis on ...
Lunt, P
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Introduction: Virtue's Reasons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Over the past thirty years or so, virtues and reasons have emerged as two of the most fruitful and important concepts in contemporary moral philosophy. Virtue theory and moral psychology, for instance, are currently two burgeoning areas of philosophical ...
Birondo, Noell, Braun, S. Stewart
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Tools of war and virtue–Institutional structures as a source of ethical deskilling

open access: yesFrontiers in Big Data, 2023
Shannon Vallor has raised the possibility of ethical deskilling as a potential pitfall as AI technology is increasingly being developed for and implemented in military institutions. Bringing the sociological concept of deskilling into the field of virtue
Sigurd N. Hovd, Sigurd N. Hovd
doaj   +1 more source

Expanding the Motivations for Altruism: A Philosophical Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We argue that attempts to extrapolate moral motives for non-egoistic behavior in organizational behavior often interpret results empathically or deontically, while leaving other moral motivational frames, such as the utilitarian and virtue ethical, under-
Friedland, Julian
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Soul, the Virtues, and the Human Good: Comments on Aristotle's Moral Psychology

open access: yesLabyrinth: An International Journal for Philosophy, Value Theory and Sociocultural Hermeneutics, 2016
In modern moral philosophy, virtue ethics has developed into one of the major approaches to ethical inquiry. As it seems, however, it is faced with a kind of perplexity similar to the one that Elisabeth Anscombe has described in Modern moral philosophy ...
Kathi Beier
doaj   +1 more source

Unveiling student sentiment dynamics toward AI‐based education through statistical analysis and Monte Carlo simulation

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the multifaceted dynamics of student sentiment towards artificial intelligence (AI)‐based education by integrating sentiment analysis techniques with statistical methods, including Monte Carlo simulations and decision tree modelling, alongside qualitative grounded theory analysis.
Volkan Duran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attacking Character: Ad Hominem Argument and Virtue Epistemology

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2010
The recent literature on ad hominem argument contends that the speaker’s character is sometimes relevant to evaluating what she says. This effort to redeem ad hominems requires an analysis of character that explains why and how character is relevant.
Heather Battaly
doaj   +1 more source

Logos II - Virtue Ethics and Political Corruption: An Ethical Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This ethical case study will apply virtue ethics in moral decision making. It is argued that exposing corruption defends virtue and protects the good life by demonstrating a commitment to honesty and truth.
Potter, Nicholas
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