Virtue Ethics and Action Guidance

Theological ethicists rarely allow the virtues to perform the heavyweight work of guiding action. This article contests this tradition and argues that, and demonstrates how, virtue ethics provides a practicable method of normative action guidance. The article contends that there are five interrelate...

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Главный автор: Daly, Daniel (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Sage Publ. 2021
В: Theological studies
Год: 2021, Том: 82, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 565-582
Другие ключевые слова:B Prudence
B Moral Deliberation
B counsel
B action guidance
B Thomas Aquinas
B Exemplars
B Virtue Ethics
B Moral Character
B everyday ethics
B Virtues
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Итог:Theological ethicists rarely allow the virtues to perform the heavyweight work of guiding action. This article contests this tradition and argues that, and demonstrates how, virtue ethics provides a practicable method of normative action guidance. The article contends that there are five interrelated but distinct modes of virtue action guidance. The first three modes—dialogue, emulation, and substituted judgment—invite the agent to take counsel with moral exemplars. The interrogative and discovery modes direct agents to morally deliberate using thick accounts of the virtues.
ISSN:2169-1304
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00405639211055177