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The New Dialogue
Interesting site, concerned with the idea that there is a crisis in liberalism. Contents are structured as a Platonic dialogue, covering the works of such familiar figures as MacIntyre, Sandell and Taylor. (infos)Virtue Ethics in the Ancient World
Graduate seminar series organised by Cynthia Freeland at the University of Houston. (infos)
Virtue Ethics (Not Too) Simplified
Article by Philip Cafaro presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. (infos)
Review of The Virtues in Medical Practice
By Jonathan Imber, published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (infos)
Does Hume Have an Ethics of Virtue?
Article by Marcia L. Homiak presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, which argues that Hume's ethics is best seen as a virtue ethics. (infos)
Rationality and Evaluative Frameworks
Thesis by Arto Laitinen, principally concerned with the claims by Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor on the nature of moral reasoning. (infos)
Virtue Epistemology
An approach in epistemology that applies the resources of virtue theory to problems in the theory of knowledge. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by John Greco. (infos)
Virtue Ethics and Core Values
Essay by Jeffrey R. Tiel presented at JSCOPE 99, applying the discussion on virtue ethics to the needs of the US armed services, and arguing that an account of virtue needs to be supplemented by an account of core values. (infos)
Core Values: The Problems of Justification and Motivation
Article by Charles A. Pfaff presented at JSCOPE, an organisation concerned with the application of ethics to the military. Pfaff argues that the core values initiative casts insufficent light on practical problems, and that an account of character and virtue is needed. (infos)
Buddhist Virtue Ethics and the Oneness of Practice and Attainment
Critical review by KnutJohan Øen of Damien Keown's `The Nature of Buddhist Ethics'. (infos)