About the Book
Virtue ethics has emerged as a distinct field within moral theory - whether as an alternative account of right action or as a conception of normativity which departs entirely from the obligatoriness of morality - and has proved itself invaluable to many aspects of contemporary applied ethics. Virtue ethics now flourishes in philosophy, sociology and theology and its applications extend to law, politics and bioethics. "The Handbook of Virtue Ethics" brings together leading international scholars to provide an overview of the field. Each chapter summarizes and assesses the most important work on a particular topic and sets this work in the context of historical developments. Taking a global approach by embracing a variety of major cultural traditions along with the Western, the "Handbook" maps the emergence of virtue ethics and provides a framework for future developments.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction, Stan van Hooft; Part 1 Normative theory; Chapter 2 Eudaimonia in contemporary virtue ethics, Anne Baril; Chapter 3 Stoic virtue ethics, Matthew Sharpe; Chapter 4 Naturalistic virtue ethics and the new biology, Richard Hamilton; Chapter 5 Virtue ethics and moral sentimentalism, Michael Slote; Chapter 6 Virtue ethics and utilitarianism, Justin Oakley; Chapter 7 Virtues and rules, Timothy Chappell; Chapter 8 Virtue ethics, virtue theory and moral theology, Glen Pettigrove; Chapter 9 Nietzsche’s virtue ethics, Christine Swanton; Chapter 10 Right action and the targets of virtue, Liezl van Zyl; Chapter 11 Qualified agent and agent-based virtue ethics and the problems of right action, Jason Kawall; Chapter 12 The virtuous person and normativity, Yuval Eylon; Chapter 13 Virtue and identity, Stan van Hooft; Part 2 Types of virtues; Chapter 14 What virtues are there?, Candace Upton; Chapter 15 Intellectual virtues, Heather Battaly; Chapter 16 Virtue, reason and wisdom, Lorraine Code; Chapter 17 Integrity, Damian Cox, Marguerite La Caze, Michael Levine; Chapter 18 The ends of courage, Patrick Shade; Chapter 19 Wit, Raja Halwani, Elliot Layda; Chapter 20 Humility, Kantian style, Jeanine Grenberg; Chapter 21 Love, sex and relationships, Mike W. Martin; Chapter 22 Forgiveness and forgivingness, David McNaughton, Eve Garrard; Chapter 23 The virtue of justice revisited, Mark LeBar; Chapter 24 The virtues of African ethics, Thaddeus Metz; Chapter 25 Classical Confucianism as virtue ethics, Hui-chieh Loy; Chapter 26 Ethics and virtue in classical Indian thinking, Purushottama Bilimoria; Chapter 27 Mindfulness, non-attachment and other Buddhist virtues, Leesa S. Davis; Chapter 28 Virtue in Islam, Recep Alpyagil; Part 3 Applied ethics; Chapter 29 Virtue in the clinic, Matthew McCabe; Chapter 30 Virtue ethics and management, Wim Vandekerckhove; Chapter 31 Virtuous leadership: ethical and effective, Paul Kaak, David Weeks; Chapter 32 Virtue ethics in the military, Peter Olsthoorn; Chapter 33 Sporting virtue and its development, Michael McNamee; Chapter 34 Key virtues of the psychotherapist: a eudaimonic view, Blaine J. Fowers, Emily Winakur; Part 4 The psychology of virtue; Chapter 35 Constancy, fidelity and integrity, Clea F. Rees, Jonathan Webber; Chapter 36 Sympathy, Nancy Eisenberg, Tracy L. Spinrad, Zoe E. Taylor; Chapter 37 The problem of character, Christian Miller; Chapter 38 Situationism and character: new directions, Nancy Snow; Chapter 39 Educating for virtue, Nafsika Athanassoulis; Chapter 40 Literature, arts and the education of virtuous emotion, David Carr; Chapter 41 Virtue ethics for skin-bags: an ethics of love for vulnerable creatures, Pedro Alexis Tabensky;
About the Author :
Stan van Hooft, Nafsika Athanassoulis, Jason Kawall, Justin Oakley, Nicole Saunders, Liezl Van Zyl
