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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Plan of the Book
1. Virtue Ethics
1.1 Normative Theory
1.2 Consequentialism and Deontology
1.3 The Emergence of Virtue Ethics
1.4 Virtue Theory
1.5 Virtue Ethics
1.6 Varieties of Virtue Ethics
Chapter Summary
2. Virtue
2.1 An Aristotelian Theory
2.2 A Sentimentalist Theory
2.3 A Pluralistic Theory
2.4 A Consequentialist Theory
2.5 A Kantian Theory
Chapter Summary
3. Virtue and Happiness
3.1 The Concept of Eudaimonia
3.2 Different Conceptions of Eudaimonia
3.3 Eudaimonistic Virtue Ethics
3.4 Objections to Eudaimonistic Virtue Ethics
Chapter Summary
4. Virtuous Motives
4.1 Aristotle and Kant on Pleasure and Self-Control
4.2 An Aristotelian View of Reason and Inclination
4.3 The Role of Emotion in Motivation
4.4 The Commitment to Morality
4.5 A Consequentialist View of Motivation
Chapter Summary
5. Practical Wisdom
5.1 What Is Practical Wisdom? An Aristotelian View
5.2 Consequentialism and the Virtue of Modesty
5.3 Pluralistic Virtue Ethics and the Disunity of Virtue
5.4 Sentimentalist Virtue Ethics, Practical Wisdom, and the Impossibility of Perfection
Chapter Summary
6. Virtue and Right Action
6.1 Eliminativism
6.2 A Qualified-Agent Account of Right Action
6.3 An Agent-Based Account of Right Action
6.4 A Target-Centered Account of Right Action
Chapter Summary
7. Applying Virtue Ethics
7.1 Virtue Ethics and Action Guidance
7.2 Codifiability: D-rules and V-rules
7.3 Virtue Ethics and Abortion
7.4 The Demands of Virtue
7.5 The Problem of Moral Narcissism
Chapter Summary
8. Virtue-ethical Particularism
8.1 Moral Generalism
8.2 Moral Particularism
8.3 Aristotle on Practical Wisdom and Moral Principles
8.4 A Challenge for Virtue Ethics
8.5 Virtue-ethical Particularism: A Radical Version
8.6 Virtue-ethical Particularism: A Weaker Version
Chapter Summary
9. The Situationist Critique
9.1 Personality and Character in Social Psychology
9.2 The Situationist Experiments
9.3 The Situationist Critique 1: The Existence of Character Traits
9.4 Responses and Reactions
9.5 The Situationist Critique 2: Practical Rationality
9.6 An Empirically Grounded Virtue Theory
Chapter Summary
10. Virtue and Environmental Ethics
10.1 What Is Environmental Virtue Ethics?
10.2 Which Traits Are Environmental Virtues?
10.3 What Makes a Trait an Environmental Virtue?
10.4 Virtue Ethics and Utilitarianism: Trophy Hunting
10.5 Virtue Ethics and Deontology: Respect for Nature
10.6 The Situationist Critique of Environmental Virtue Ethics
Chapter Summary
Bibliography
Index
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