Virtue ethics and an ethics of care: complementary or in conflict?

This paper compares and contrasts virtue ethics and care ethics to determine their mutual relation. It is argued that there is one tradition within virtue ethics that emphasises that virtue is knowledge and also focuses on direct altruism. There is no opposition between that form of virtue ethics an...

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Main Author: Alan Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundación Universidad del Norte 2011-07-01
Series:Eidos
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Online Access:http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/eidos/article/view/2141/1378