| Uneasy Virtue Contributor(s): Driver, Julia (Author), Sosa, Ernest (Editor), Dancy, Jonathan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521781728 ISBN-13: 9780521781725 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Logic |
| Dewey: 170 |
| LCCN: 00045422 |
| Lexile Measure: 1270 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Driver challenges Aristotle's classical theory of virtue, arguing that it fails to take into account virtues that do seem to involve ignorance or epistemic defect. Modesty, for example, is generally considered to be a virtue even though the modest person may be making an inaccurate assessment of his or her accomplishments. She argues that we should abandon the highly intellectualist view of virtue and instead adopt a consequentialist perspective that holds that virtue is simply a character trait that systematically produces good consequences. |