Rosalind Hursthouse
Autor de On Virtue Ethics
Obras de Rosalind Hursthouse
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Logic, Cause and Action: Essays in Honour of Elizabeth Anscombe (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements) (2000) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Virtue and Happiness: Essays in Honour of Julia Annas: Supplementary Volume (2012) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
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An eminently readable and well-reasoned book, On Virtue Ethics lays out a neo-Aristotelian ethical view that seeks to explain how virtue ethics can guide action, provide moral motivation, and accommodate a role for our moral emotions. She also explains how our characteristically rational nature can provide objective justification for a conception of certain character traits as virtues. While I greatly appreciate her clarity and keen insight, I found myself unconvinced by her naturalistic account of the virtues. It seems to me that our normative reasons are not grounded in our biological characteristics, and Hursthouse's argument to the contrary is less than convincing. However, her project is still admirable and worth serious engagement for anyone interested in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics.… (más)