Is Running a Marathon a Virtue?

Think 17 (48):101-105 (2018)
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Should we congratulate runners who participate and finish a marathon without winning it? Although it might seem that all who muster the will to do so deserve praise, this article questions whether self-regarding virtues, such as running a marathon, deserve it.

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10.1017/s1477175617000367

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Eldar Sarajlic
Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY)

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The self-regarding and other-regarding virtues.Gabriele Taylor & Sybil Wolfram - 1968 - Philosophical Quarterly 18 (72):238-248.
Can Virtue be Taught?Hugh Curtler - 1994 - Humanitas 7 (1):43-50.

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