A Theory of Virtue: Excellence in Being for the Good
`Review from previous edition Robert Adams's new book is an important and comprehensive contribution to the study of virtue and to the defense of its existence. The book is an easy read; Adams skillfully lays out his views and arguments clearly and without jargon. . . . Adams's criticisms of opposing theories of virtue are, in general, crisp and cogent. . . . reading Adams's book would be an excellent way for anyone to get up to speed on the current state of virtue theory. It would make an outstanding text for a graduate seminar on virtue' Ben Bradley, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews