Virtue Ethics: A Critical Reader - Paperback

by Daniel Statman (Editor)

This book offers a clear and systematic introduction to virtue ethics, a topic which has inspired one of the most interesting contemporary debates in ethical theory-the question of whether virtues can replace duties as the primary notion in ethical theory.

The volume comprises an introduction to virtue ethics by Daniel Statman and a collection of the most important essays published on the topic in the last decade. The essays encompass a wide range of aspects: the difference between virtue ethics and traditional duty ethics; arguments for and against virtue ethics; the practical implications of virtue ethics; and Aristotelian and Kantian attitudes towards virtue ethics.

Author Biography

Daniel Statman is a lecturer in philosophy at Bar-llan University, Israel, and author of Moral Dilemmas, Religion, and Morality.