The Virtue Ethics of Hume and Nietzsche New Directions in Ethics Series
Auteur : Swanton Christine
- A ground-breaking text that moves the field of virtue ethics beyond ancient moral theorists and examines the highly influential ethical work of Hume and Nietzsche from a virtue ethics perspective
- Contributes both to virtue ethics and a refreshed understanding of Hume?s and Nietzsche?s ethics
- Skilfully bridges the gap between continental and analytical philosophy
- Lucidly written and clearly organized, allowing students to focus on either Hume or Nietzsche
- Written by one of the most important figures contributing to virtue ethics today
Preface ix
Introduction xi
Part I: A Virtue Ethical Map 1
Chapter 1 Interpretation as a Map 3
Chapter 2 Hume and Nietzsche as Response Dependence Virtue Ethicists 19
Part II: The Virtue Ethics of Hume 43
Chapter 3 Can Hume Be Both a Sentimentalist and a Virtue Ethicist? 45
Chapter 4 Hume and the Problem of Justice as a Virtue 70
Chapter 5 What Kind of Virtue Ethicist Is Hume? 87
Part III: The Virtue Ethics of Nietzsche 109
Chapter 6 Can Nietzsche Be Both a Virtue Ethicist and an Egoist? 111
Chapter 7 Can Nietzsche Be Both a Virtue Ethicist and an Existentialist? 135
Chapter 8 What Kind of Virtue Ethicist Is Nietzsche? 157
Part IV: New Directions 179
Chapter 9 Humean Virtue Ethics: Virtue Ethics of Love 181
Chapter 10 Nietzschean Virtue Ethics: Virtue Ethics of Becoming 195
Bibliography 212
Index 222
Date de parution : 05-2015
Ouvrage de 248 p.
16x23.6 cm
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Mots-clés :
Hume, Nietzsche, virtue ethics, virtue ethicist, response dependence, sentimentalist, justice as virtue, Egoism, egoist, existentialism, existentialist, virtue ethics of love, virtue ethics of becoming, Greek moral theorists, eudaimonist tradition, Aristotle, neo-Aristotolean virtue ethics, moral philosophy, immoralists, relativists, subjectivists, deontological virtue