Annas
The Just Soul, the Community, and the Circularity Objection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3888334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Husain Sarkar (Louisiana State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 159-184 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217314001115 |
| OpenAlex | W2090661827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Annas' virtue ethics faces the Circularity Objection. She claims that a just soul is disposed to doing just acts. If a just soul is defined neither in terms of right acts nor rules, then the Circularity Objection is circumvented. Drawing upon Korsgaard's recent work, it is shown that Annas' argument faces anew the Circularity Objection. Then, I examine Annas' fresh attempts to avert the Circularity Objection by appealing to the community of the virtuous. I argue that this move does not save her theory from either relativism or the Circularity Objection
Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Law and economics · Sociology · Soul · Virtue · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |