Philosophy: Ethics: Virtue Theory

Interesting site, concerned with the idea that there is a crisis in liberalism. Contents are structured as a Platonic dialogue, covering the works of such familiar figures as MacIntyre, Sandell and Taylor.

Notes by Charles Ess.

Graduate seminar series organised by Cynthia Freeland at the University of Houston.

Article by Philip Cafaro presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.

By Jonathan Imber, published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Article by Marcia L. Homiak presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, which argues that Hume's ethics is best seen as a virtue ethics.

Thesis by Arto Laitinen, principally concerned with the claims by Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor on the nature of moral reasoning.

An approach in epistemology that applies the resources of virtue theory to problems in the theory of knowledge. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Greco.

Essay by Jeffrey R. Tiel presented at JSCOPE 99, applying the discussion on virtue ethics to the needs of the US armed services, and arguing that an account of virtue needs to be supplemented by an account of core values.

Article by Charles A. Pfaff presented at JSCOPE, an organisation concerned with the application of ethics to the military. Pfaff argues that the core values initiative casts insufficent light on practical problems, and that an account of character and virtue is needed.

Critical review by KnutJohan en of Damien Keown's `The Nature of Buddhist Ethics'.

Essay by Charles Pfaff presented at JSCOPE 98, which argues that virtue ethics can cast light on issues of leadership that utilitarian and rule-based systems cannot.

Essay by David Lutz presented at JSCOPE 97, analysing the development of the character of General Douglas MacArthur from the perspective of virtue ethics.

Article by Robert Bonadonno presented at JSCOPE 99, arguing for the importance of lierary narrative in forming a practical appreciation of military virtue.

A short essay by Karl Jahn on the natural and rational basis of ethics, emphasising the importance of the virtues and vices.

Short article discussing the relationship of ethics and virtue in decision making. Appears at the Ethics Connection, a centre at Santa Clara University.