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The Cambridge companion to virtue ethics

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1. The definition of virtue ethics Christine Swanton 2. Ancient virtue ethics: an overview with an emphasis on practical wisdom Rachana Kamtekar 3. Virtue ethics and the Chinese Confucian tradition Philip J. Ivanhoe 4. Virtue ethics in the medieval period Jean Porter 5. Hume's anatomy of virtue Paul Russell 6. The historic decline of virtue ethics Dorothea Frede 7. Virtue ethics in the twentieth century Timothy Chappell 8. Virtue ethics and right action Liezl van Zyl 9. Virtue ethics and bioethics Justin Oakley 10. Environmental virtue ethics: what it is and what it needs to be Matt Zwolinski and David Schmidtz 11. The virtue approach to business ethics Edwin Hartman 12. Virtue and politics Mark LeBar 13. Happiness and the virtues Daniel C. Russell 14. The situationist critique of virtue ethics Gopal Sreenivasan.

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1. The definition of virtue ethics Christine Swanton 2. Ancient virtue ethics: an overview with an emphasis on practical wisdom Rachana Kamtekar 3. Virtue ethics and the Chinese Confucian tradition Philip J. Ivanhoe 4. Virtue ethics in the medieval period Jean Porter 5. Hume's anatomy of virtue Paul Russell 6. The historic decline of virtue ethics Dorothea Frede 7. Virtue ethics in the twentieth century Timothy Chappell 8. Virtue ethics and right action Liezl van Zyl 9. Virtue ethics and bioethics Justin Oakley 10. Environmental virtue ethics: what it is and what it needs to be Matt Zwolinski and David Schmidtz 11. The virtue approach to business ethics Edwin Hartman 12. Virtue and politics Mark LeBar 13. Happiness and the virtues Daniel C. Russell 14. The situationist critique of virtue ethics Gopal Sreenivasan.

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1. The definition of virtue ethics Christine Swanton 2. Ancient virtue ethics: an overview with an emphasis on practical wisdom Rachana Kamtekar 3. Virtue ethics and the Chinese Confucian tradition Philip J. Ivanhoe 4. Virtue ethics in the medieval period Jean Porter 5. Hume's anatomy of virtue Paul Russell 6. The historic decline of virtue ethics Dorothea Frede 7. Virtue ethics in the twentieth century Timothy Chappell 8. Virtue ethics and right action Liezl van Zyl 9. Virtue ethics and bioethics Justin Oakley 10. Environmental virtue ethics: what it is and what it needs to be Matt Zwolinski and David Schmidtz 11. The virtue approach to business ethics Edwin Hartman 12. Virtue and politics Mark LeBar 13. Happiness and the virtues Daniel C. Russell 14. The situationist critique of virtue ethics Gopal Sreenivasan.

Key concepts: Virtue, Philosophy, Virtue ethics, History, Sociology, Epistemology

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