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Virtue ARGUMENTATIONANDREW ABERDEINV irtue Ethics is perhaps the fastest growing field in ethical theory. Virtue theo-ries have also been proposed in other disciplines, such as epistemology and jurispru-dence. This paper stakes a claim in another area: in EthicsAfter centuries of obscurity, the study of the virtues is now one of the mostprominent methodologies in Ethics . Proponents of this so-called aretaic turn differsubstantially in the details of their respective proposals, but they tend to see arenewed focus on ethical virtues as a fresh source of insight into problems whichhave deadlocked more familiar approaches, such as Kantianism or , Virtue Ethics has an immediacy to everyday human interests which itscompetitors have often been criticized as lacking. Yet, despite its fashionability,the roots of Virtue Ethics go back much further than those of its modern emphasis on Virtue , oraret e, was characteristic of Ancient Greek thoughtfrom the time of Homer, if not earlier.
VIRTUE ARGUMENTATION ANDREW ABERDEIN Virtue ethics is perhaps the fastest growing field in ethical theory. Virtue theo-ries have also been proposed …
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