When deciding what to do, is it best to treat one's own interests as more important than the
interests of others, others' interests as more important than one's own, or one's own and …

This chapter aims to overcome rule-based ethics approaches to business by exploring the
potential of neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics for deepening our understanding of ethical …

As it nears its half century, the ethics of care continues to break new ground in moral
philosophy. The case is made that care ethics is desirably categorised as a moral theory …

This symposium represents the second collection of papers drawn from the joint meeting of
the International Adam Smith Society and the Rousseau Association held at the University of …

I provide an overview of Christine Swanton's target-centered account of right (and virtuous)
action. First, I contrast the target-centered account with its virtue-ethical rivals. Second, I …

This article calls for a possibility of virtue ethical theory of politics in contemporary political
theory by locating its key sources in normative virtue ethics. First, it looks at growing …

After a long dormancy in the modern era, virtue-based ethical thought has once again
become a subject of serious consideration and debate in the field of philosophy. The …

Some philosophers (most prominently Peter Singer and Peter Unger) claim that there is no
morally relevant distinction to be made between duties of rescue and beneficence. In this …

This chapter offers an interpretation of Adam Smith's account of virtue and vice that reveals
the unity of his ethical system as virtue ethics. The interpretation draws on the distinction …