Virtues in Action: New Essays in Applied Virtue Ethics

by Michael W. Austin (Editor)

Notes on Contributors Introduction PART PROFESSIONAL VIRTUE 1. Virtue-Centered Approaches to Prospects and Pitfalls; Gregory Bassham 2. The Virtues of Honorable Business Executives; Dan Demetriou 3. Sport as a Moral An Aristotelian Approach; Michael W. Austin PART SOCIAL VIRTUE 4. Sex, Temperance, and Virtue; Stan van Hooft 5. Extend Your Kindness and Generosity in the Family and Beyond; Heidi Giebel 6. A Virtue Ethical Case for Pacifism; Franco V. Trivigno 7. Some Critical Reflections on Abortion and Virtue Theory; Matthew Flannagan PART ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE 8. Environmental Degradation, Environmental Justice, and the Compassionate Agent; Chris Frakes 9. Humility and Environmental Virtue Ethics; Matthew Pianalto PART INTELLECTUAL VIRTUE 10. Hope as an Intellectual Virtue; Nancy E. Snow 11. Virtue Ethics and Moral Lessons from Neuroscientific Moral Psychology; Lisa Tessman 12. Getting Our Minds Out of the Fallacies that Foul Our Discourse (and Virtues that Clean it Up); Robert K. Garcia and Nathan L. King Bibliography Index

236 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013