| Virtue and Medicine: Explorations in the Character of Medicine 1985 Edition Contributor(s): Shelp, E. E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9027718083 ISBN-13: 9789027718082 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1985 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening - Medical | Ethics - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 85001836 |
| Series: Philosophy and Medicine |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6.12" W x 9.58" (1.61 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Interest in theories of virtue and the place of virtues in the moral life con- tinues to grow. Nicolai Hartmann 7], George F. Thomas 20], G. E. M. Anscombe 1], and G. H. von Wright 21], for example, called to our atten- tion decades ago that virtue had become a neglected topic in modem ethics. The challenge implicit in these sorts of reminders to rediscover the contribu- tion that the notion of virtue can make to moral reasoning, moral character, and moral judgment has not gone unattended. Arthur Dyck 3], P. T. Geach 5], Josef Pieper (16], David Hamed 6], and, most notably, Stanley Hauerwas 8-11], in the theological community, have analyzed or utilized in their work virtue-based theories of morality. Philosophical probings have come from Lawrance Becker 2], Philippa Foot 4], Edmund Pincoffs 17], James Wallace 22], and most notably, Alasdair MacIntyre 12-14]. Draw- ing upon and revising mainly ancient and medieval sources, these and other commentators have ignited what appears to be the beginning of a sustained examination of virtue. |