Autore
Greco, Lorenzo

Titolo
Hume e l'etica della virtù
Periodico
Iride
Anno: 2012 - Volume: 67 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 603 - Pagina finale: 618

In this paper I present some reasons in favour of an interpretation of Hume'smoral philosophy as a brand new form of «virtue ethics». By discussing somespecific issues within the secondary literature in favour and against this kind ofreading, I argue that Hume offers better philosophical tools to redefine the basicnotion of virtue ethics than the neo-Aristotelian alternative. In particular, I maintainthat the strength of Hume's proposal lays in its pointing toward the unity ofcharacter instead of the unity of the virtues. This allows Hume to develop a nonfinalistic,secular and pluralistic morality in which the individuality of people isseen as a central value to be promoted.



SICI: 1122-7893(2012)67:3<603:HELDV>2.0.ZU;2-P
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