num_pages: 224
description: This collection provides readings from five classic thinkers with importantly distinct approaches to virtue theory, along with five new essays from contemporary thinkers that apply virtue theories to the resolution of practical moral problems. Jennifer Welchman's Introduction discusses the history of virtue theory. A short introduction to each reading highlights the distinctive aspects of the view expressed.
language: English
title: The Practice of Virtue: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Virtue Ethics
titlecomplete: The Practice of Virtue: Classic and Contemporary Readings in Virtue Ethics
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.