Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics AUTH-10001359 Eight hundred years ago

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Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics AUTH-10001359 Eight hundred years agoClassical virtue ethics, exemplified by Aristotle (d. 322 BC), asked: what can we know of human nature and the virtues by which it is perfected in order to live well? Dominant ethical theories today generally avoid the question of human nature, taking deontological (non metaphysical) or utilitarian (maximizing perceived social benefit) approaches. Elizabeth Anscombe's 1958 article "Modern Moral Philosophy," sparked a revival of virtue ethics. She