Thomas Hobbes and the Science of Moral Virtue - Rilegato

Boonin-Vail, David

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ISBN 10: 0521462096 ISBN 13: 9780521462099

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Riassunto

In Leviathan Thomas Hobbes defines moral philosophy as 'the science of Virtue and Vice', yet few modern readers take this description seriously. Moreover, it is typically assumed that Hobbes' ethical views are unrelated to his views of science. Influential modern interpreters have portrayed Hobbes as either an amoralist, or a moral contractarian, or a rule egoist, or a divine command theorist. David Boonin-Vail challenges all these assumptions and presents a new, and very unorthodox, interpretation of Hobbes's ethics. He shows that Hobbes is best understood as embracing a theory of virtue concerned with the development of good character traits rather than with rules of behaviour. In focusing in a quite new way on Hobbes's moral theory this book is likely to attract considerable attention amongst both philosophers and intellectual historians.

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David Boonin-Vail presents a new, and very unorthodox interpretation of Hobbes's ethics. He shows that Hobbes is best understood as embracing a theory of virtue concerned with the development of good character traits rather than with rules of behaviour.

Contenuti

Part I. Hobbes's Project and its Critics: 1. Prelude; 2. Background; 3. Overview; Part II. The Science of Human Nature: 2. Overview; 3. Scientific method; 4. Body; 5. Animated body; 6. Rational animated body; 7. Mortal rational animated body; Part III. The Theory of Moral Virtue: 1. Overview; 2. Does Hobbes have a moral theory? 3. Hobbes as moral contractarian; 4. Hobbes as rule egoist; 5. Hobbes as divine command theorist; 6. Hobbes as virtue ethicist; Part IV. From Science to Virtue: 1. Overview; 2. The state of nature; 3. The laws of nature; 4. The argument from revealed disposition 5. The argument from habituation; Part V. Hobbes and the Revival of Virtue Ethics: 1. Overview; 2. Hobbes and Aristotle; 3. Moderate and radical virtue ethics; The genus of virtue; The goodness of virtue; Footnotes; References.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521462096
• ISBN 13: 9780521462099
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 235