The Pitfalls of Virtue Ethics

By Husain Sarkar

In this book, Husain Sarkar offers a remarkable look into the groundwork of virtue ethics.

Especially focusing on theories proposed by Julia Annas and Rosalind Hursthouse, he examines a multiplicity of cardinal tenets of virtue ethics by bringing five cardinal objections - namely, the self-defeating objection, the circularity objection, the moral relativism objection, the explanatory poverty objection, and the inconsistent advice objection - to bear upon them. These objections define the shape, scope, and substance of the book. Collectively, they unveil several fault lines, a few hitherto unsuspected. Sarkar argues that notwithstanding the novel, intriguing answers to old, familiar ethical questions, the answers are so fraught with difficulties, that virtue ethics - as a philosophical moral tradition - is best seen as badly in need of repair and reformation. Perhaps, this book may provoke a Renaissance in the field of virtue ethics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GX2FNTLH
• ISBN13: 9798765144503
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"