A Dilemma for Particularist Virtue Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4351801 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Stangl (0000-0001-5615-0794, University of Virginia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 233 |
| Pages | 665-678 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.537.x |
| OpenAlex | W2128824584 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
There is an obvious affinity between virtue ethics and particularism. Both stress the complexity of the moral life, the inadequacy of rule‐following as a guide to moral deliberation, and the importance of judgement in discerning the morally relevant features of particular situations. Yet it remains an open question how deep the affinity goes. I argue that the radical form of particularism defended by Jonathan Dancy has surprisingly strong implications for virtue ethics. Adopting such a view would require the virtue theorist either to adopt an unattractive model of moral motivation or to embrace a fairly strong version of the unity of the virtues
Deliberation · Dilemma · Environmental ethics · Epistemic virtue · Epistemology · Judgement · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Virtue · Virtue ethics · Ethics in medical practice · Free Will and Agency · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |