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The Pitfalls of Virtue Ethics
The Pitfalls of Virtue Ethics
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In this book, Husain Sarkar offers a remarkable look into the groundwork of virtue ethics.
Especially focusing on theories proposed by Julia Annas and Rosalind Hursthouse, he examines a multiplicity of cardinal tenets of virtue ethics by bringing five cardinal objections - namely, the self-defeating objection, the circularity objection, the moral relativism objection, the explanatory poverty objection, and the inconsistent advice objection - to bear upon them. These objections define the shape, scope, and substance of the book. Collectively, they unveil several fault lines, a few hitherto unsuspected. Sarkar argues that notwithstanding the novel, intriguing answers to old, familiar ethical questions, the answers are so fraught with difficulties, that virtue ethics - as a philosophical moral tradition - is best seen as badly in need of repair and reformation. Perhaps, this book may provoke a Renaissance in the field of virtue ethics.
Author: Husain Sarkar
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 09/18/2025
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9798765144466
Especially focusing on theories proposed by Julia Annas and Rosalind Hursthouse, he examines a multiplicity of cardinal tenets of virtue ethics by bringing five cardinal objections - namely, the self-defeating objection, the circularity objection, the moral relativism objection, the explanatory poverty objection, and the inconsistent advice objection - to bear upon them. These objections define the shape, scope, and substance of the book. Collectively, they unveil several fault lines, a few hitherto unsuspected. Sarkar argues that notwithstanding the novel, intriguing answers to old, familiar ethical questions, the answers are so fraught with difficulties, that virtue ethics - as a philosophical moral tradition - is best seen as badly in need of repair and reformation. Perhaps, this book may provoke a Renaissance in the field of virtue ethics.
Author: Husain Sarkar
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 09/18/2025
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9798765144466
