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Presenting and defending a conception of virtue as intrinsic excellence of character, worth prizing for its own sake and not only for its benefits, this work addresses two challenges to the ancient idea of excellence of character. It offers a framework for thinking about the moral evaluation of character.
pt. I. What is virtue? Introduction ; Excellence in being for the good ; Wickedness and vices ; Virtue and its benefits -- pt. II. Self and other. Altruism ; Common projects ; Self-love and the vices of self-preference -- pt. III. Are there really any virtues? Moral inconsistency ; Moral frailty and moral luck ; Do the virtues all imply each other? ; Plural and integrated virtue ; Can virtue be taught?
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and indexes.
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006