Virtue Ethics and Human Nature

Hume Studies 25 (1):67-82 (1999)
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In this paper, I begin by outlining some basic features of the version of virtue ethics I espouse, and then turn to exploring what light may be shed on our understanding and interpretation of Hume when he is viewed from that perspective.

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10.1353/hms.1999.a385520

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Virtues and vices.Philippa Foot - 1997 - In Daniel Statman (ed.), Virtue Ethics: A Critical Reader. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 163--177.
Virtues and Vices.Philippa Foot - 1997 - In Roger Crisp & Michael Slote (eds.), Virtue Ethics. Oxford University Press.
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Moral Sentiments, and the Difference They Make.Annette C. Baier & Michael Luntley - 1995 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 69 (1):15-46.

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