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Mathematics, ethics and purism: an application of MacIntyre’s virtue theory
A traditional problem of ethics in mathematics is the denial of social responsibility. Pure mathematics is viewed as neutral and value free, and therefore free of ethical responsibility.
Paul Ernest
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Since the publication of Anscombe’s famous paper “Modern Moral Philosophy” (1958), virtue ethics has become a matter of discussion among scholars. At least four charges have been raised against virtue ethics, one of which is the charge of promoting undue
Jochen Schmidt
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The Vice of Social Comparison in Kierkegaard: Nature, Religious Moral Psychology, and Normativity
This paper argues for the thesis that social comparison is, for Kierkegaard, a vice. The first part of this article reconstructs Kierkegaard’s understanding of the nature of social comparison.
Wojciech Kaftanski
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Virtue Ethics (VE) is a way of thinking about how to behave well which focuses on the character of moral agents and the nature of the good life. This contrasts with dominant approaches to international ethics which prioritize the identification or ...
Ainley, Kirsten
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The Soul, the Virtues, and the Human Good: Comments on Aristotle's Moral Psychology
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
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Virtue Ethicist of the Ideal Type
There has been an impressive revival of virtue ethics as a rival to deontology and consequentialism in contemporary Western normative ethics. Correspondingly, many comparative philosophers have shown a great interest in finding virtue ethics potentials ...
Yong HUANG
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VIRTUE ETHICS AND VIRTUE EPISTEMOLOGY
Abstract:The aim of this essay is to test the claim that epistemologists—virtue epistemologists in particular—have much to learn from virtue ethics. The essay begins with an outline of virtue ethics itself. This section concludes that a pure form of virtue ethics is likely to be unattractive, so the virtue epistemologist should examine the “impure ...
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Virtue-based Approaches to Professional Ethics: a Plea for More Rigorous Use of Empirical Science
Until recently, the method of professional ethics has been largely principle-based. But the failure of this approach to take into sufficient account the character of professionals has led to a revival of virtue ethics.
Georg Spielthenner
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Hard Determinism, Remorse, and Virtue Ethics [PDF]
When hard determinists reject the claim that people deserve particular kinds of treatment because of how they have acted, they are left with a problem about remorse.
Vilhauer, Ben
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Objective Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a known comorbidity of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and is associated with PsA disease activity. We aimed to explore the association between MetS and radiographic features (peripheral and axial) in PsA. Methods We included patients with PsA followed at our prospective observational cohort for the period between 1978 ...
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