- Examines the reasons why the phenomenon of virtue has become so prevalent
- Takes into account the past as well as current philosophical research
- Outlines the authenticity, peculiarities and consequences of virtues in the context of the history of philosophy
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- About this book
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The rise of the phenomenon of virtue ethics in recent years has increased at a rapid pace. Such an explosion carries with it a number of great possibilities, as well as risks. This volume has been written to contribute a multi-faceted perspective to the current conversation about virtue. Among many other thought-provoking questions, the collection addresses the following: What are the virtues, and how are they enumerated? What are the internal problems among ethicists, and what are the objections and replies to contemporary virtue ethics? Additionally, the practical implications following from the answers to these questions are discussed in new and fascinating research. Fundamental concepts such as teleology and eudaimonism are addressed from both a historical and dialectical approach. This tome will contribute not only to providing further clarity to the current horizons in virtue ethics, but also to the practical conclusion following from the study: to challenge the reader toward a greater pursuit of the virtuous life.
- About the authors
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Elisa GRIMI is Executive Director of the European Society for Moral Philosophy, the editor-in-chief of the international journal Philosophical News and Project Manager of philojotter.com. On 30th May, 2014, she received the Paolo Michele Erede Foundation First Prize with a work on ‘Politics and Network’. She has studied and worked at various universities throughout the world, in countries including Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, England, France and the United States. She is the author of numerous publications, including her first Italian monograph G.E.M. Anscombe: The Dragon Lady (2014) with direct testimonies, the collected volume Tradition as the Future of Innovation (Cantagalli 2015), co-author with Rémi Brague of Contro il cristianismo e l’umanismo. Il perdono dell’Occidente (Cantagalli 2016), editor of the collection Tradition as the Future for Innovation (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016) and of the Dossier La philosophie de l’humilité (Recherches Philosophiques, ICT, 2017).
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Some Questions About Virtue
Pages 1-16
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Virtue as the Order of Inner Life
Pages 17-25
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Virtues. The Aristotelian-Thomistic Line of Thinking
Pages 27-42
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The Soft Presence of Wittgenstein in Virtue Ethics and His Hard Significance for Its Future
Pages 43-57
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The Humean Sentimentalist Learns from the Aristotelian Anscombe
Pages 59-66
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Virtue Ethics: Retrospect and Prospect
- Editors
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- Elisa Grimi
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-15860-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-15860-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-15859-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 207
- Number of Illustrations
- 7 b/w illustrations
- Topics
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