Mark Timmons (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199693269
- eISBN:
- 9780191732058
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693269.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics aims to provide, on an annual basis, some of the best contemporary work in the field of normative ethical theory. Each volume features new essays that ...
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Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics aims to provide, on an annual basis, some of the best contemporary work in the field of normative ethical theory. Each volume features new essays that contribute to an understanding of a wide range of issues and positions in normative ethical theory, and represents a sampling of recent developments in this field. This first volume includes contributions by Jamie Dreier, Ulrike Heuer, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Samuel J. Kerstein, Sarah McGrath, Paul McNamara, Douglas W. Portmore, Peter Railton, S. Andrew Schroeder, Holly M. Smith, Daniel Star, Nick Zangwill. The topics discussed include: consequentialism, duty, Kantian moral theory, mere means principle, moral deliberation, moral persuasion, moral rationalism, normative constructivism, objective versus subjective obligation, paradox of deontology, suberogation, supererogation, virtue, and virtue ethics.Less
Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics aims to provide, on an annual basis, some of the best contemporary work in the field of normative ethical theory. Each volume features new essays that contribute to an understanding of a wide range of issues and positions in normative ethical theory, and represents a sampling of recent developments in this field. This first volume includes contributions by Jamie Dreier, Ulrike Heuer, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Samuel J. Kerstein, Sarah McGrath, Paul McNamara, Douglas W. Portmore, Peter Railton, S. Andrew Schroeder, Holly M. Smith, Daniel Star, Nick Zangwill. The topics discussed include: consequentialism, duty, Kantian moral theory, mere means principle, moral deliberation, moral persuasion, moral rationalism, normative constructivism, objective versus subjective obligation, paradox of deontology, suberogation, supererogation, virtue, and virtue ethics.
Geoff Moore
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- June 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198793441
- eISBN:
- 9780191835261
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198793441.003.0003
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Organization Studies
The aim of this chapter is to set out the virtues approach, mostly as characterized by Alasdair MacIntyre, at the individual level but also at the level of society since the two are interrelated. It ...
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The aim of this chapter is to set out the virtues approach, mostly as characterized by Alasdair MacIntyre, at the individual level but also at the level of society since the two are interrelated. It discusses seven components of virtue ethics, and in the process introduces the ideas of purpose and the common good. It then looks at two criticisms of virtue ethics—first what is known as ‘situationism’, and second whether virtue ethics is insufficiently action-guiding, and provides a response to these. It also explores why, within a virtue ethics approach, we should be able to provide reasons for our actions, before considering whether and how the virtues approach might be applied to organizations. It argues that, using virtue as a metaphor, we can legitimately apply the concepts of virtue ethics at the organizational level.Less
The aim of this chapter is to set out the virtues approach, mostly as characterized by Alasdair MacIntyre, at the individual level but also at the level of society since the two are interrelated. It discusses seven components of virtue ethics, and in the process introduces the ideas of purpose and the common good. It then looks at two criticisms of virtue ethics—first what is known as ‘situationism’, and second whether virtue ethics is insufficiently action-guiding, and provides a response to these. It also explores why, within a virtue ethics approach, we should be able to provide reasons for our actions, before considering whether and how the virtues approach might be applied to organizations. It argues that, using virtue as a metaphor, we can legitimately apply the concepts of virtue ethics at the organizational level.
