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The Routledge companion to virtue ethics / edited by Lorraine Besser-Jones and Michael Slote.

Contributor(s): Besser-Jones, Lorraine, 1973- | Slote, Michael, 1941-.
Series: Routledge philosophy companions.New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, ©2015Description: xxiii, 558 pages ; 26 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 9780415659338 (alk. paper); 9780203071755 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Virtue | EthicsDDC classification: 171.3/R76 Other classification: CAS
Contents:
Part I. History of virtue ethics -- 1. Plato and the ethics of virtue / Nicholas White -- 2. Aristotle's virtue ethics / Dorothea Frede -- 3. The stoic theory of virtue / Tad Brennan -- 4. Hindu virtue ethics / Roy W. Perrett and Glen Pettigrove -- 5. Why Confucius' ethics is a virtue ethics / May Sim -- 6. Mencius' virtue ethics meets the moral foundation theory: a comparison / Shirong Luo -- 7. Virtue in Buddhist ethical traditions / Charles Goodman -- 8. Respect for differences: the Daoist virtue / Yong Huang -- 9. Xunzi and virtue ethics / Eric L. Hutton -- 10. Consecrated virtue: Augustine's theological animus / James Wetzel -- 11. Aquinas: infused virtues / Andrew Pinsent -- 12. Hume / Jacqueline Taylor -- 13. Nietzsche and the virtues / Edward Harcourt -- Part II. Contemporary approaches -- 14. Eudaimonistic virtue ethics / Liezl van Zyl -- 15. Sentimentalist virtue ethics / Michael L. Frazer and Michael Slote -- 16. Pluralistic virtue ethics / Christine Swanton -- 17. Varieties of contemporary Christian virtue ethics / Jennifer A. Herdt -- 18. Contemporary Confucianism / David Elstein -- 19. Virtue epistemology and virtue ethics / Heather Battaly and Michael Slote -- 20. Feminist virtue ethics / Karen Stohr -- 21. Agape and virtue ethics / Timothy P. Jackson -- Part III. Critical interactions -- 22. Kant and virtue ethics / Allen Wood -- 23. The consequentialist critique of virtue ethics / Julia Driver -- 24. Virtue ethics and right action: a critique / Ramon Das -- 25. Virtue ethics and egoism / Christopher Toner -- 26. Models of virtue / Nancy E. Snow -- 27. The situationist critique / Lorraine Besser-Jones -- 28. Testing the empathy-altruism hypothesis against egoistic alternatives / C. Daniel Batson -- 29. Care ethics and virtue ethics / Nel Noddings -- 30. Roles and virtues / J.L.A. Garcia -- Part IV. Applications of virtue ethics -- 31. Environmental virtue ethics / Philip Cafaro -- 32. World virtue ethics / Stephen C. Angle -- 33. Virtue ethics and moral education / Randall Curren -- 34. Virtue ethics as political philosophy: the structure of ethical theory in early Chinese philosophy / Yang Xiao -- 35. Law and virtue / Lawrence B. Solum -- 36. Virtue ethics and medicine / Rebecca L. Walker -- 37. Business ethics from a virtue-theoretic perspective / Robert Audi.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. History of virtue ethics -- 1. Plato and the ethics of virtue / Nicholas White -- 2. Aristotle's virtue ethics / Dorothea Frede -- 3. The stoic theory of virtue / Tad Brennan -- 4. Hindu virtue ethics / Roy W. Perrett and Glen Pettigrove -- 5. Why Confucius' ethics is a virtue ethics / May Sim -- 6. Mencius' virtue ethics meets the moral foundation theory: a comparison / Shirong Luo -- 7. Virtue in Buddhist ethical traditions / Charles Goodman -- 8. Respect for differences: the Daoist virtue / Yong Huang -- 9. Xunzi and virtue ethics / Eric L. Hutton -- 10. Consecrated virtue: Augustine's theological animus / James Wetzel -- 11. Aquinas: infused virtues / Andrew Pinsent -- 12. Hume / Jacqueline Taylor -- 13. Nietzsche and the virtues / Edward Harcourt -- Part II. Contemporary approaches -- 14. Eudaimonistic virtue ethics / Liezl van Zyl -- 15. Sentimentalist virtue ethics / Michael L. Frazer and Michael Slote -- 16. Pluralistic virtue ethics / Christine Swanton -- 17. Varieties of contemporary Christian virtue ethics / Jennifer A. Herdt -- 18. Contemporary Confucianism / David Elstein -- 19. Virtue epistemology and virtue ethics / Heather Battaly and Michael Slote -- 20. Feminist virtue ethics / Karen Stohr -- 21. Agape and virtue ethics / Timothy P. Jackson -- Part III. Critical interactions -- 22. Kant and virtue ethics / Allen Wood -- 23. The consequentialist critique of virtue ethics / Julia Driver -- 24. Virtue ethics and right action: a critique / Ramon Das -- 25. Virtue ethics and egoism / Christopher Toner -- 26. Models of virtue / Nancy E. Snow -- 27. The situationist critique / Lorraine Besser-Jones -- 28. Testing the empathy-altruism hypothesis against egoistic alternatives / C. Daniel Batson -- 29. Care ethics and virtue ethics / Nel Noddings -- 30. Roles and virtues / J.L.A. Garcia -- Part IV. Applications of virtue ethics -- 31. Environmental virtue ethics / Philip Cafaro -- 32. World virtue ethics / Stephen C. Angle -- 33. Virtue ethics and moral education / Randall Curren -- 34. Virtue ethics as political philosophy: the structure of ethical theory in early Chinese philosophy / Yang Xiao -- 35. Law and virtue / Lawrence B. Solum -- 36. Virtue ethics and medicine / Rebecca L. Walker -- 37. Business ethics from a virtue-theoretic perspective / Robert Audi.

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