Love and Objectivity in Virtue Ethics: Aristotle, Lonergan, and Nussbaum on Emotions and Moral Insight

Robert J. Fitterer

Published by University of Toronto Press 2008

Love and Objectivity in Virtue Ethics

Aristotle, Lonergan, and Nussbaum on Emotions and Moral Insight

Robert J. Fitterer

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688520

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Drawing on Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and the work of Bernard Lonergan and Martha Nussbaum, Robert J. Fitterer tests the assumption that the inclusion of the emotions leads to bias in objective judgments or when determining moral truths.

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Fitterer Robert J. :

Robert J. Fitterer is the senior pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church, Victoria, and teaches philosophy at the William Carey Institute.

Reviews

Luiz C. Nascimento:

‘Love and Objectivity in Virtue Ethics will be of interest not only to those engaged in the virtue ethics discussion, but also to those who study epistemology, cognitive psychology, and subjectivity.’

Elizabeth Agnes Cochran:

‘Building on Aristotle, Lonergan, and Nussbaum, [Fitterer] explores precisely how the experience of “being objective” can be understood from a moral subject’s point of view ... [His] discussion of the emotions’ moral value represents one of his most important contributions to contemporary conversation.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, Books I, II, III, and VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Lonergan’s Theory of Insight and Cognitive Operations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3. Lonergan’s ‘Common Sense Insight’ and Its Relation to Phronesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
4. Emotive Perception of Value and Objectivity in Virtue Ethics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Concluding Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 192

eBook

Published: September 20, 2008
ISBN: 9781442688520