Husain Sarkar

The Pitfalls of Virtue Ethics (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Husain Sarkar offers a remarkable look into the groundwork of virtue ethics. Especially focusing on theories proposed by Julia Annas and Rosalind Hursthouse, he examines a multiplicity of cardinal tenets of virtue ethics by bringing five cardinal objections - namely, the self-defeating objection, the circularity objection, the moral relativism objection, the explanatory poverty objection, and the inconsistent advice objection - to bear upon them. These objections define the shape, scope, and substance of the book. Collectively, they unveil several fault lines, a few hitherto unsuspected. Sarkar argues that notwithstanding the novel, intriguing answers to old, familiar ethical questions, the answers are so fraught with difficulties, that virtue ethics - as a philosophical moral tradition - is best seen as badly in need of repair and reformation. Perhaps, this book may provoke a Renaissance in the field of virtue ethics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765144473
• Artikelnr.: 75502686

Autorenporträt

Husain Sarkar is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Louisiana State University, USA. His first book, A Theory of Method (1983), presented a new problem in philosophy of science called the problem of group rationality. His other books include The Toils of Understanding: An Essay on "The Present Age" (2000), Descartes' Cogito: Saved from the Great Shipwreck (2003), Group Rationality in Scientific Research (2007) and Kant and Parfit: The Groundwork of Morals (2018).