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Virtues in Action

New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics

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Editors:
  1. Michael W. Austin

    1. Eastern Kentucky University, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Michael W. Austin
      Pages 1-8

  3. Professional Virtue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Virtue-Centered Approaches to Education: Prospects and Pitfalls

      • Gregory Bassham
      Pages 11-22

    3. The Virtues of Honorable Business Executives

      • Dan Demetriou
      Pages 23-38

    4. Sport as a Moral Practice: An Aristotelian Approach

      • Michael W. Austin
      Pages 39-52

  4. Social Virtue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Sex, Temperance, and Virtue

      • Stan van Hooft
      Pages 55-69

    3. Extend Your Benevolence: Kindness and Generosity in the Family and Beyond

      • Heidi Giebel
      Pages 70-85

    4. A Virtue Ethical Case for Pacifism

      • Franco V. Trivigno
      Pages 86-101

    5. Some Critical Reflections on Abortion and Virtue Theory

      • Matthew Flannagan
      Pages 102-116

  5. Environmental Virtue

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Environmental Degradation, Environmental Justice, and the Compassionate Agent

      • Chris Frakes
      Pages 119-131

    3. Humility and Environmental Virtue Ethics

      • Matthew Pianalto
      Pages 132-149

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 207-222
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About this book

In recent decades, many philosophers have considered the strengths and weaknesses of a virtue-centered approach to moral theory. Much less attention has been given to how such an approach bears on issues in applied ethics. The essays in this volume apply a virtue-centered perspective to a variety of contemporary moral issues, and in so doing offer a fresh and illuminating perspective. Some of the essays focus on a particular virtue and its application to one or more realms of applied ethics, such as temperance and sex or humility and environmental ethics. Other chapters focus on an issue in applied ethics and bring several virtues into a discussion of that issue or realm of life, such as sport, education, and business. Finally, several of the chapters engage relevant psychological research as well as current neuroscience, which enhances the strength of the philosophical arguments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Eastern Kentucky University, USA

    Michael W. Austin

About the editor

Gregory Bassham, Philosophy Department at King's College, Pennsylvania, USA Dan Demetriou, University of Minnesota, Morris, USA Matthew Flannagan is a Theologian based in Auckland, New Zealand Chris Frakes is an independent scholar and writer, USA Robert K. Garcia, Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USA Heidi Giebel, University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Nathan L. King, Whitworth University, USA Matthew Pianalto, Eastern Kentucky University, USA Nancy E. Snow, Marquette University, USA Lisa Tessman, Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, USA Franco V. Trivigno, Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Stan van Hooft, Deakin University in Australia

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Virtues in Action

  • Book Subtitle: New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics

  • Editors: Michael W. Austin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137280299

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-28028-2Published: 04 October 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-44761-9Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-28029-9Published: 10 October 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 233

  • Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Epistemology

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