Virtues and Vices"Cornell Paperback." Includes index. Bibliography: p. 163-165. |
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Goodness and Life | 15 |
Excellences and Merit | 39 |
Copyright | |
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act fully characteristic action-states actions fully characteristic agent aretē Aristotle Aristotle's Ascriptivism avoiding cheating believes beneficial benefits capacities character traits circumstances commitment conform conventions courage course cowardice cowardly acts Demaratus desire difficult direct concern duty E. O. Wilson economic generosity Epicurus ergon example excessive fear fact feel forms of behavior forms of benevolence forms of conscientiousness functions G. E. M. Anscombe Generous-mindedness giving Hobbes situation honesty human excellences important inclinations incompatible with generosity individual intrinsically motivated involves John Rawls judgment Kant kind of creature knowledge lead lence matter Max Black merit Nicomachean Ethics normal normative obligation one's word Oxford performance person of one's Philosophical Review phronesis practical reasoning Prichard question Rawls recipient reflect credit render aid rules sense Sociobiology someone sort tell the truth tendency theory Theory of Justice things tion University Press utilitarian worth the risks wrong