Virtue Ethics and Moral Relativism

In Steven D. Hales, A Companion to Relativism. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 391–410 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Abstract Introduction The Confrontation of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and Moral Relativism Foot's Challenge MacIntyre's Tradition ‐ Based Defense of the Virtues Nussbaum's Non ‐ Relative Virtues The Ethical Naturalism of Foot and Hursthouse References.

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virtue ethics and moral relativism   recent history of Aristotelian virtue ethics has been closely tied to arguments concerning moral relativism   virtue ethics has emerged as a prominent outlook in moral philosophy   non ‐ Aristotelian approaches to virtue ethics have been put forward   Confrontation of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and Moral Relativism   Virtue ethics in this sense is usually distinguished from ethical theories that may discuss virtue or particular virtues   MacIntyre's Tradition ‐ Based Defense of the Virtues   MacIntyre also defended an argument that there can be no rational basis for asserting relativism   Ethical Naturalism of Foot and Hursthouse ‐ most recent development in AVE is a version of ethical naturalism first proposed by Foot (2001   2002d   2002e)   naturalism of Foot and Hursthouse is much more substantial than the naturalism proposed by Nussbaum

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The Moral Argument.David Baggett & John Hare (eds.) - forthcoming - Oxford University Press.
Natural goodness.Philippa Foot - 2001 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Moral thinking: its levels, method, and point.R. M. Hare (ed.) - 1981 - Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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