Conscience and Other Virtues

From Bonaventure to MacIntyre

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Conscience, once a core concept for ethics, has mostly disappeared from modern moral theory. In this book Douglas Langston traces its intellectual history to account for its neglect while arguing for its still vital importance, if correctly understood.In medieval times, Langston shows in Part I, the notions of "conscientia" and "synderesis" from which our contemporary concept of conscience derives were closely connected to Greek ideas about the virtues and practical reason, although in Christianized form. As modified by Luther, Butler, and Kant, however, conscience later came to be regarded as a faculty like will and intellect, and when faculty psychology fell into disrepute, so did the role of conscience in moral philosophy.A view of mature conscience that sees it as relational, with cognitive, emotional, and conative dimensions, can survive the criticisms of conscience as faculty. In Part II, through discussions of Freud, Ryle, and other modern thinkers, Langston proceeds to reconstruct conscience as a viable philosophical concept.Finally, in Part III, this better grounded concept is connected with the modern revival of virtue ethics, and Langston shows how crucial conscience is to a theory of virtue because it is fundamental to the training of any morally good person.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN:9780271027890

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

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Douglas C. Langston is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the New College of the University of Southern Florida. His previous book, God's Willing Knowledge, was published by Penn State Press in 1986.

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“This important book synthesizes a broad range of historical and contemporary literature dealing with conscience. It traces the development of the notion of conscience in the Western philosophical tradition from antiquity through the early modern period, and it rehabilitates conscience as a useful, even crucial, concept for current ethical theory.”—Michael G. Baylor, Lehigh University