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Knowing better : virtue, deliberation, and normative ethics /

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Daniel Star presents a novel solution to the problem of reconciling normative ethics with ordinary virtue - for while ethical principles seem worth defending, it is not plausible to suggest that virtuous people in general follow them. He presents a new account of virtue, and rethinks the role that k...

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Main Author: Star, Daniel, 1971- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford philosophical monographs.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Ethics
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Daniel Star presents a novel solution to the problem of reconciling normative ethics with ordinary virtue - for while ethical principles seem worth defending, it is not plausible to suggest that virtuous people in general follow them. He presents a new account of virtue, and rethinks the role that knowledge plays in deliberation and action.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191804182
0191804185
9780191061745
0191061743