Virtue ethics and an ethics of care: complementary or in conflict?

This paper compares and contrasts virtue ethics and care ethics to determine their mutual relation. It is argued that there is one tradition within virtue ethics that emphasises that virtue is knowledge and also focuses on direct altruism. There is no opposition between that form of virtue ethics an...

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Autores:
Alan Thomas; Tilburg University, Department of Philosophy.
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Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad del Norte
Repositorio:
Repositorio Uninorte
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:manglar.uninorte.edu.co:10584/2815
Acceso en línea:
http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/eidos/article/view/2141
http://hdl.handle.net/10584/2815
Palabra clave:
Philosophy
Virtue ethics; ethics of care; altruism; cognitivism; autonomy.
Ethics, practical philosophy
Filosofía
Ética de la virtud; ética del cuidado; altruismo; cognitivismo; autonomía;
Ética, filosofía práctica.
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