ABSTRACT

By bringing together influential critics of neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics and some of the strongest defenders of an Aristotelian approach, this collection provides a fresh assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of Aristotelian virtue ethics and its contemporary interpretations. Contributors critically discuss and re-assess the neo-Aristotelian paradigm which has been predominant in the philosophical discourse on virtue for the past 30 years.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

Aristotelian Ethics in Contemporary Perspective

part |167 pages

Themes in (Neo-)Aristotelian Virtue Ethics

chapter |18 pages

Aristotle on Virtue

Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong

chapter |10 pages

Aristotle on Virtue

A Response to Hurka

chapter |17 pages

Well-Being and Eudaimonia

A Reply to Haybron

chapter |15 pages

Notes Toward an Empirical Psychology of Virtue

Exploring the Personality Scaffolding of Virtue

chapter |16 pages

Kalou Heneka