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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"virtue ethics"”.
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Virtue Ethics and Corporate Governance
… was to explore directors’ lived experience of ethics in their task of corporate governance so as to capture some of the multiple facets of this phenomenon: specifically how directors understand the role of ethics in their task of corporate governance and how they understand and practise ethics. …
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The structure of virtue ethics.
Virtue ethics is the view that virtue, happiness, flourishing, and human nature go together to constitute the core of ethics. However, this definition is far from precise. It raises questions about the foundation of virtue ethics, the logical relations between its main concepts (its "structure"), …
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Natural Law and Virtue Ethics in Justin Martyr
… within an eudaimonistic account of Christian virtue that served his political, theological, and evangelistic ends. Chapter 1 summarizes recent research regarding Justin’s relationship to philosophy. Justin’s concept of the Logos Spermatikos stands at the heart of this debate and is directly …
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Society and Superior Individuals: On the Social Concerns in Nietzschean Virtue Ethics
… branches of ethical theory. His thoughts on virtue ethics, however, are less clear. Some ethicists argue that Nietzsche’s ethical project is essentially virtue ethical, while others argue that Nietzsche fails to put forth an acceptable ethics. Sympathetic virtue ethicists typically focus on …
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Society and Superior Individuals: On the Social Concerns in Nietzschean Virtue Ethics
… branches of ethical theory. His thoughts on virtue ethics, however, are less clear. Some ethicists argue that Nietzsche’s ethical project is essentially virtue ethical, while others argue that Nietzsche fails to put forth an acceptable ethics. Sympathetic virtue ethicists typically focus on …
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Virtue ethics and character development at the United States Air Force Academy.
… development that is mandated. I argue that virtue ethics can provide a feasible solution. Virtue ethics is compatible with diverse justificatory frameworks. Thus, the state can undergird a character education program with virtue ethics, while servicemembers are still free to choose the …
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Reforming Virtue: Bavinck's Method of Engaging with Virtue Ethics from a Reformed Perspective
… scholarship in the study of, among other things, virtue ethics. This thesis attempts to demonstrate that Herman Bavinck’s four pillars of reformed dogmatics allows reformed ethicists to robustly engage in the study of virtue ethics. In chapter 1, I describe the nature and impact of the widening …
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Contextualizing Science: Examining Science’s Moral and Social Dimensions Using Virtue Ethics and the Humanities
… producing knowledge. Placing science within a virtue ethics framework highlights critical features for developing a contextualized and reflective science. Virtue ethics focuses on cultivating character, drawing attention to the role of the scientist’s character when producing scientifically …
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Mission as Virtuous Practice: A Theology Of Mission Through the Lens of Virtue Ethics
<p>This work uses theological virtue ethics as a guide both for critiquing various models of Christian mission and for constructing a model of mission that adequately addresses these criticisms. The first section of the dissertation (chapters one, two, and three) is devoted to an assessment of …
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African American seniors’ perspectives on advance care planning: a virtue ethics community-based participatory research approach
… was active in all aspects of the research. A virtue ethics framework was used to maintain the integrity of the research. The history and ethics of conducting research is reviewed. Forty-five female and 7 male African-American seniors (aged 59-92) participated in the nine, one time, focus …
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The virtue of Bonhoeffer's ethics: a study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics in relation to virtue ethics
Jennifer Moberly, 'The Virtue of Bonhoeffer's Ethics: A Study of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Ethics in Relation to Virtue Ethics' (PhD, 2009) This study first explores the prima facie reasons for rejecting the possibility of seeing a close relationship between Bonhoeffer's Ethics and virtue ethics. …
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Háromdimenziós gazdaság. Lehet-e gazdálkodni erényetikai paradigmában? = Three dimensional economy. Is management possible if based on virtue ethics?
(...) A disszertáció szándéka az volt, hogy megvizsgálja: lehet-e etikus, erényes módon (erényetikai emberként) egy – a főáramtól különböző – alternatív (háromdimenziós) gazdálkodást létrehozni, amely emberközpontú, az ember javára és boldogságára irányul, és fenntartható. Elméleti kifejtésünk és …
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The Corporate Character of Eudaimonist Virtue Ethics Cautioning the Invisible Environment of Harmful EMFs Resulting from 5G Technology
<p>There is a current concern in environmental ethics that stems from the development of cell phone communication technology; namely, do the electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) linked to the development of technology of 4G and 5G cause harm to the environment (e.g., plants, bees and other insects, …
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Of vice and men : a virtue ethics study of Steinbeck's The pearl, East of Eden, and The winter of our discontent
… discover what this writer has to say concerning ethics and human nature, particularly the irrational emotions and vices.In concurrence with some of the latest research available, this study reveals that the emotions play a far greater role within the moral realm than previously believed by some …
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On the Margins of the Grand Unity: Empire, Violence, and Ethnicity in the Virtue Ethics and Political Practice of Wang Yangming (1472--1529)
… philosophy yield an agent of feudal ethics and autocratic despotism engaging in acts of repression; celebratory interpretations yield a man of passionate humanity responding to his conscience. This study eschews a simplistic reading of Wang Yangming's actions and policies as an …
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Dorybės samprata šiuolaikinės demokratijos teorijoje: alternatyva A.MacIntyre pozicijai /
Concept of Virtue in Contemporary Democratic Theory: an Alternative to A. MacIntyre. This paper examines the relationship between the theories of virtue ethics and the theories of contemporary democracy, as an alternative to the theories of Alasdair MacIntyre. The aim is to provide an alternative …
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An exploration of virtue ethics and its relational value: A comparative study in the Light of Romanus Cessario, James F. Keenan, and Joseph J. Kotva.
… a significant renewal and retrieval of virtue ethics. It is not however without challenges; including the critique that it is too selfcentred. The question this objection raises is whether the ethical framework proposed by virtue ethics has personal and communal concerns? The task of …
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Moral responsibility for character
The aim of my thesis is to fill a gap in virtue ethics. I present an account of moral responsibility that is consistent with the core assumption of virtue ethics, that character and not action is the primary locus of ethical appraisal. Virtue ethics typically does not include a notion of moral …
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Nicomachean and Neo-Aristotelian Ethics and Shakespeare's Tragedies
"Nicomachean and Neo-Aristotelian Ethics in Shakespeare's Tragedies" examines two of Shakespeare's most compelling tragedies--Othello and King Lear--through the lens of contemporary virtue ethics theory, thereby offering new conceptions of how morality operates in these plays. Although …
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