Virtues and Their Vices

Virtues and Their Vices
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 522
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ISBN-10 : 9780199645541
ISBN-13 : 019964554X
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Book Synopsis Virtues and Their Vices by : Kevin Timpe

Download or read book Virtues and Their Vices written by Kevin Timpe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive philosophical treatment of the virtues and their competing vices. The first four sections focus on historical classes of virtue: the cardinal virtues, the capital vices and the corrective virtues, intellectual virtues, and the theological virtues. A final section discusses the role of virtue theory in a number of disciplines.


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