David Bourget (Western Ontario)
David Chalmers (ANU, NYU)
Rafael De Clercq
Jack Alan Reynolds
Learn more about PhilPapers
Faith and Philosophy 16 (3):368-377 (1999)
In this paper, I defend the claim that Christian theology gives us good reason to think that virtue is relative to individuals and communities, i.e., that what character traits are virtues for individuals is relative to individuals and to the communities of which they are members. I begin by reviewing the theological claims that I take to be relevant. I then argue that these claims make it plausible to conclude that virtue is morally redemptive and therefore relative to individuals and communities. I then seek to use these conclusions to illuminate the discussion of the correctiveness of virtue. Finally I respond to some objections and suggest some further ways that my views could be developed
|Keywords||No keywords specified (fix it)|
|Categories||categorize this paper)|
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server
Configure custom proxy (use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy)
|Through your library|
References found in this work BETA
No references found.
Citations of this work BETA
No citations found.
Similar books and articles
Miguel Alzola (2012). The Possibility of Virtue. Business Ethics Quarterly 22 (2):377-404.
Jason Baehr (2006). Character, Reliability and Virtue Epistemology. Philosophical Quarterly 56 (223):193–212.
Lara Denis (2006). Kant's Conception of Virtue. In Paul Guyer (ed.), Cambridge Companion to Kant and Modern Philosophy. Cambridge University Press
Christoph Jedan (2009). Stoic Virtues: Chrysippus and the Religious Character of Stoic Ethics. Continuum.
Mary Ella Savarino (1993). Toward an Ontology of Virtue Ethics. Journal of Philosophical Research 18:243-259.
Deborah C. Zeller (2007). Virtue, Virtue Skepticism, and the Milgram Studies. Philosophy in the Contemporary World 14 (2):50-59.
Ronald Sandler (2006). A Theory of Environmental Virtue. Environmental Ethics 28 (3):247-264.
Julia Driver (2001). Uneasy Virtue. Cambridge University Press.
Heather Battaly (2008). Virtue Epistemology. Philosophy Compass 3 (4):639-663.
Anton Froeyman (2012). Virtues of Historiography. Journal of the Philosophy of History 6 (4):415-431.
Aaron Quinn (2007). Moral Virtues for Journalists. Journal of Mass Media Ethics 22 (2 & 3):168 – 186.
Reza Lahroodi (2007). Evaluating Need for Cognition: A Case Study in Naturalistic Epistemic Virtue Theory. Philosophical Psychology 20 (2):227 – 245.
Ben Bradley (2005). Virtue Consequentialism. Utilitas 17 (3):282-298.
Mark Alfano (2013). Identifying and Defending the Hard Core of Virtue Ethics. Journal of Philosophical Research 38:233-260.
Added to index2011-12-02
Total downloads5 ( #338,493 of 1,699,706 )
Recent downloads (6 months)2 ( #269,935 of 1,699,706 )
How can I increase my downloads?