Matters of character

Spino, Joseph Michael

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Description

Title

Matters of character

Author(s)

Spino, Joseph Michael

Issue Date

2016-04-19

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Moore, Michael

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Murphy, Colleen

Committee Member(s)

• Doris, John
• Livengood, Jonathan

Department of Study

Philosophy

Discipline

Philosophy

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• Moral Psychology
• Virtue Ethics
• Situationism

Abstract

Notions of character are central to both normative and applied ethics. Over the past 15 years or so, a growing number of philosophers have advanced empirically-based critiques of virtue ethics, arguing for skepticism about character. I show how standard approaches to virtue ethics can be modified so as to avoid these rather damaging empirical critiques. The most promising responses to character skepticism, however, are not always available to virtue ethical approaches to applied ethics. In particular, I argue that virtue ethical approaches to business ethics are in need of novel responses to character skepticism or radical revision.

Graduation Semester

2016-05

Type of Resource

text

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Copyright 2016 Joseph Michael Spino

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