Rehabilitating Theoretical Wisdom
Given the importance of theoretical wisdom (sophia) in Aristotle’s account of the human good, it is striking that contemporary virtue ethicists have been virtually silent about this intellectual virtue and what contribution (if any) it makes – or could make – toward human flourishing. In this paper,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2013, Volume: 10, Issue: 6, Pages: 763-787 |
| Further subjects: | B
Intellectual Virtue
B Happiness B Wisdom B Virtue Epistemology B Virtue Ethics B Aristotle |
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| Summary: | Given the importance of theoretical wisdom (sophia) in Aristotle’s account of the human good, it is striking that contemporary virtue ethicists have been virtually silent about this intellectual virtue and what contribution (if any) it makes – or could make – toward human flourishing. In this paper, I examine, and respond to, two main worries that account for theoretical wisdom’s current marginality. Along the way, I sketch a neo-Aristotelian conception of theoretical wisdom, and argue that this intellectual virtue is more central to the concerns of contemporary virtue ethicists than it has perhaps so far seemed. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5243 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17455243-4681022 |