Lexington Books
Pages: 178
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-4985-8532-3 • Hardback • November 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-8533-0 • eBook • November 2019 • $105.50 • (£82.00)
Nathan Wood is discipline chair of the philosophy, religion, and humanities department at Central Piedmont Community College.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Varieties of Virtue Ethics
Chapter 2: Restructuring the Debate
Chapter 3: Resurrecting Deontology
Chapter 4: Clarifying Consequentialism
Chapter 5: Virtue Ethics in a New Light
Chapter 6: Virtue Ethics as a Whole
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author
Virtue ethics has seen an enormous resurgence in recent years, but significant philosophical uncertainties remain over its scope, its capacity to guide actions, and its relationships to rival ethical theories such as deontology and consequentialism. In this impressive book, Nathan Wood develops both a rigorous overview of the leading perspectives and a brand new topology of the terrain of competing ethical accounts. Rethinking the fundamental categories and relationships among virtue ethics, deontology and consequentialism, he makes a range of familiar problems more tractable and establishes himself as a significant new voice in the field by doing so.
— Piers H. G. Stephens, University of Georgia
This book provides a rare and general overview of the various positions taken by ethical theorists. Contemporary virtue ethics is defended as a unique and valuable option among consequentialist and deontological alternatives. It can be difficult to get caught up on the debates in philosophy, and this book covers plenty of ground in a brisk and exceedingly clear manner. It will be helpful and engaging for those curious about ethics.
— Jennifer Baker, Professor of Philosophy, College of Charleston