Virtue, Reason, and Principle

The Virtue of Principle Ethics

I raise four issues that militate against adopting virtue ethics as a guiding concept: (a) In the resolution of most ethics cases, virtue ethics is irrelevant; (b) there is substantial redundancy between virtue and principle ethics; (c) acting and deciding are unavoidable tasks for which principle ethics is particularly suitable; and (d) the emphasis on character and community wisdom increases ...

A. W. Price, Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle Virtue and Reason in Plato and Aristotle by Price, A. W. Review by: Susan Sauvé Meyer

A Rehabilitation of the Principle of Insufficient Reason

Talking Virtue: professionalism and virtue ethics

The twentieth century phenomenon of professionalism had a major impact on the economy of nation states and has been recognised as a key element of post-industrial societies. As an anointed class, professionals reserved the right to prescribe their own roles and responsibilities. Critics of professional interests, however, have described professionals’ own definition of their roles and responsib...

Moderation, Rationality, and Virtue