Virtue, Norms, and Objectivity: Issues in Ancient and Modern Ethics

by Christopher Gill

Overview

For much of the twentieth century it was common to contrast the characteristic forms and preoccupations of modern ethical theory with those of the ancient world. However, the last few decades have seen a growing recognition that contemporary moral philosophy now has much in common with its ancient incarnation, in areas as diverse as virtue ethics and ethical epistemology. Christopher Gill has assembled an international team to conduct a fascinating exploration of the relationship between the two fields, exploring key issues in ancient ethics in a way that highlights their conceptual significance for the study of ethics more generally. Virtue, Norms, and Objectivity will be as interesting and relevant to modern moral philosophers, therefore, as it will be to specialists in ancient thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199264384
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	05/05/2005
Pages:	340
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

University of Exeter

Table of Contents

Introduction, Christopher GillI: Issues in Ancient and Modern Theory: The Nature and Grounding of Ethical Norms1. In What Sense are Ancient Ethical Norms Universal?, Christopher Gill2. On the Idea of the Summum Bonum, Sarah Broadie3. The Look and Feel of Virtue, Nancy Sherman4. Virtues, Values, and Moral Objectivity, Ludwig Siep5. Virtue, Nature, and Providence, Sabina Lovibond6. Hybrid Theories of Normativity, Wolfgang Detel7. Commentary on Detel from a Stoic Standpoint, Christopher GillII: Readings in Ancient Philosophy: Ethical Virtue and Objective Knowledge8. Socratic Ethics: Ultra-Realism, Determinism, and Ethical Truth, Terry Penner9. Out of the Labyrinth: Plato's Attack on Consequentialism, Mary Margaret McCabe10. What Difference do Forms make for Platonic Epistemology?, Christopher Rowe11. 'The Good Man is the Measure of All Things': Objectivity without World-Centredness in Aristotle's Moral Epistemology, Timothy Chappell12. Aristotelian Virtue and Practical Judgement, A. W. Price13. An Aristotelian Commentator on the Naturalness of Justice, R. W. SharplesBibliographyIndex of Ancient PassagesGeneral Index