Perfecting Virtue - New Essays on Kantian Ethics and Virtue Ethics

In western philosophy today, the three leading approaches to normative ethics are those of Kantian ethics, virtue ethics and utilitarianism. In recent years the debate between Kantian ethicists and virtue ethicists has assumed an especially prominent position. The twelve newly-commissioned essays in this volume, by leading scholars in both traditions, explore key aspects of each approach as related to the debate, and identify new common ground but also real and lasting differences between these approaches. The volume provides a rich overview of the continuing debate between two powerful forms of enquiry, and will be valuable for a wide range of students and scholars working in these fields. Contents
Contributors
Method of citing Aristotles works
Method of citing Kants works
Introduction
1. Virtue ethics in relation to Kantian ethics: an opinionated overview and commentary Marcia Baron
2. What does the Aristotelian Phronimos know? Rosalind Hursthouse
3. Kant and agent-oriented ethics Allen Wood
4. The difference that ends make Barbara Herman
5. Two pictures of practical thinking Talbot Brewer
6. Moving beyond Kants account of agency in the Grounding Julian Wuerth
7. A Kantian conception of human flourishing Lara Denis
8. Kantian perfectionism Paul Guyer
9. Aristotle, the Stoics, and Kant on anger Nancy Sherman
10. Kants impartial virtues of love Christine Swanton
11. The problem we all have with deontology Michael Slote
12. Intuition, system, and the paradox of deontology Timothy Chappell
Bibliography
Index.

Author/Editor Details
Edited by: Lawrence Jost, University of Cincinnati
Edited by: Julian Wuerth, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee