Inner Diversity

Philosophy in the Contemporary World 8 (2):27-35 (2001)
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I propose a modified virtue ethics, grounded in an analogy between ecosystems and human personalities. I suggest that we understand ourselves as possessing changing systems of inter-related sub personalities with different virtues, and view our characters as flexible and evolving.

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10.5840/pcw20018215

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