Perfecting Virtue New Essays on Kantian Ethics and Virtue Ethics [Paperback]

This book presents the debate between Kantian ethicists and virtue ethicists in twelve new essays by internationally recognized leaders in both traditions.This volume presents the debate between Kantian ethicists and virtue ethicists in twelve newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars in both of these traditions. The authors identify the common ground, and also the real and lasting differences, between the two approaches.This volume presents the debate between Kantian ethicists and virtue ethicists in twelve newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars in both of these traditions. The authors identify the common ground, and also the real and lasting differences, between the two approaches.In western philosophy today, the three leading approaches to normative ethics are those of Kantian ethics, virtue ethics and utilitarianism. In recent years the debate between Kantian ethicists and virtue ethicists has assumed an especially prominent position. The twelve newly-commissioned essays in this volume, by leading scholars in both traditions, explore key aspects of each approach as related to the debate, and identify new common ground but also real and lasting differences between these approaches. The volume provides a rich overview of the continuing debate between two powerful forms of enquiry, and will be valuable for a wide range of students and scholars working in these fields.Contributors; Method of citing Aristotle's works; Method of citing Kant's works; Introduction; 1. Virtue ethics in relation to Kantian ethics: an opinionated overview and commentary Marcia Baron; 2. What does the Aristotelian Phronimos know? Rosalind Hursthouse; 3. Kant and agent-oriented ethics Allen Wood; 4. The difference that ends make Barbara Herman; 5. Two pictures of practical thinking Talbot Brewer; 6. Moving beyond Kant's account of agency in the Grounding Julian Wuerth; 7. A Kantian conception of human flourishing Lara Denis; 8. Kantian perfectionism Paul Guyer; 9. Aristotle, the Sl*