In this paper, I argue that the work of Vitoria, Soto, and Suárez presents a sustained tradition arguing proper end civil law is formation in true virtue citizens, making citizens capable achieving natural happiness. Although development may prepare to obtain supernatural happiness made possible ultimately by God’s grace, it still contains its own integrity moral importance.

Since the publication of Anscombe’s famous paper “Modern Moral Philosophy” (1958), virtue ethics has become a matter of discussion among scholars. At least four charges have been raised against virtue ethics, one of which is the charge of promoting undue enthusiasm regarding the moral fitness of human beings. This article explores the limits of virtue ethics with regard to the frailty of human ...

The current article presents the results of a study which developed an Italian adaptation of Podsakoff, Mackenzie, Moorman, and Fetter’s (1990) questionnaire, measuring organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) by referring to the following dimensions: Altruism, Conscientiousness, Sportsmanship, Courtesy, and Civic Virtue. The original questionnaire was translated into Italian and modified in o...

among the important discourses in financial law are the issues related to financial institutions. going through these issues are of considerable significance in islamic law since the lawmaker prohibits specific types of transactions – usurious, risk taking, harmful. enquiry into the legitimacy and nature of new financial products is among the important ventures of islamic financial law. one of ...

Abstract Performing prosociality in public presents a paradox: only by doing so can people demonstrate their virtue and also influence others through example, yet observers may derogate actors’ behavior as mere “virtue signaling.” Here we investigate the role of observability one reason that engage such discounting.” Further, observers’ motivational inferences mechanism this effect, using compa...

This paper sheds light on the views of Mulla Sadra about virtue and action. The main question is how he explains the relationship, if any, between virtue and action. Mulla Sadra defines moral virtue as a settled inner disposition by which one acts morally, without need for any reflection or deliberation. This study seeks to explain how, according to Mulla Sadra, a virtue motivates the agent and...