In this book Linda Zagzebski presents an original moral theory based on direct reference to
exemplars of goodness, modeled on the Putnam-Kripke theory which revolutionized …

What sorts of trait information do people most care about when forming impressions of
others? Recent research in social cognition suggests that “warmth,” broadly construed …

Christian Miller presents a new account of moral character. Most of our friends, colleagues,
and even family members are not virtuous people. They do not have virtues such as …

Major news outlets such as the New York Times and the Guardian have recently launched
ambitious immersive journalism projects. Adopting the technologies and rhetoric of …

Philosophers and psychologists have been hard at work trying to unlock the mysteries of our
characters. Unfortunately, their answers have been all over the map. According to one …

While there is now considerable anxiety about whether the psychological theory
presupposed by virtue ethics is empirically sustainable, analogous issues have received …

Abstract Background & objective Despite Canada's and the United States' acceptance of the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), achieving …

Almost everyone in philosophy knows that virtue ethics dominated ethics during the period
of classical antiquity (in the West); and everyone also knows that it started reviving ever …

Many prominent accounts of free will and moral responsibility treat as central the ability of
agents to respond to reasons. Call such theories Reasons accounts. In what follows, I …

Background Empathy is an essential condition for effective nursing care. An empathetic
relationship between the nurse and the patient leads to positive therapeutic outcomes …