The value turn has numerous motivations; I’ll discuss three of them. The first of these motivations consists in the ancient roots of the idea that epistemology is in some important way value-theoretic. Plato and Aristotle both took epistemic states such as knowledge and understanding to have particular and distinctive value. So too did their immediate and medieval followers (Zagzebski 2001). Th...

In the last decade or so, a special class of virtue theories has been carefully articulated by at least two able philosophers: Rosalind Hursthouse and Linda Zagzebski. Hursthouse and Zagzebski defend different versions of what we call counterfactual exemplar-based virtue theory. These theories are exemplar-based because they define key concepts in terms of characteristics, motivations, and acti...

This article examines the use of biographical narratives in contemporary moral education, with particular reference to exemplarist theory (EMT) Linda Zagzebski. It distinguishes betwee...

Przedmiotem artykułu jest egzemplarystyczna teoria etyczna Lindy Zagzebski (2017). To nowa i ciekawa propozycja ufundowania teorii etycznej na emocji podziwu moralnego. W pierw­szej części prezentuję główne założenia egzemplaryzmu — wyjaśniam, kim są osobowe wzory moralne, jaką rolę w odgrywa admiracja oraz czym polega swoistość egzemp­laryzmu Zagzebski. drugiej, krytycznej wskazuję walory egze...

This paper compares epistemic virtue from the viewpoints of Zagzebski and Mulla Sadra, aiming to determine the extent to which their viewpoints on epistemic virtue are similar. Zagzebski, the contemporary philosopher, considers epistemic virtue as the basis on which knowledge is interpreted. She sees epistemic virtue as a requirement for achieving knowledge. Mulla Sadra, the founder of Transcen...

this paper compares epistemic virtue from the viewpoints of zagzebski and mulla sadra, aiming to determine the extent to which their viewpoints on epistemic virtue are similar. zagzebski, the contemporary philosopher, considers epistemic virtue as the basis on which knowledge is interpreted. she sees epistemic virtue as a requirement for achieving knowledge. mulla sadra, the founder of transcen...