The Role of Moral Exemplars in Stanley Hauer's Ethics

<p>This thesis is on the virtue ethics of Stanley Hauerwas, with particular focus on the role of moral exemplars in his theory. Hauerwas emphasizes the role of what are called "moral exemplars" in his virtue ethics. These are people or characters of narratives that best exemplify virtue. A theory is exemplarist if the moral concepts of the theory are defined in reference to an exemplary person, moral knowledge is gained from knowledge of an exemplar, and moral exemplars are necessary for one's learning to be moral. This definition reflects the three types of roles exemplars could play in a moral theory. They can play theoretical, epistemological, or pedagogical roles. Hauerwas' moral theory is exemplarist in the fullest sense of the term - Jesus being the supreme moral exemplar for Hauerwas. My thesis is that an exemplarist moral theory like Hauerwas' needs to give a prominent theoretical, epistemological and pedagogical role to moral principles as well as exemplars. 11</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Philosophy and Religion

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Walker, Timothy William

Contributors dc:contributor

• Samuel Bruton
• Morgan Rempel
• David Holley

• Arts and Humanities
• Philosophy

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/571

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1646