TY - JOUR
T1 - Aretaic appraisal and practical reasons
AU - Mason, Michelle
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - When we criticize someone for being unjust, deceitful, or imprudent - or commend him as just, truthful, or wise - what is the content of our evaluation? On one way of thinking, evaluating agents in terms that employ aretaic concepts evaluates how they regulate their actions (and judgment-sensitive attitudes) in light of the reasons that bear on them. On this virtue-centered view of practical reasons appraisal, evaluations of agents in terms of ethical virtues (and vices) are, inter alia, evaluations of them as practical reasoners. Here I consider and respond to an objection that threatens to debunk the virtue-centered view.
AB - When we criticize someone for being unjust, deceitful, or imprudent - or commend him as just, truthful, or wise - what is the content of our evaluation? On one way of thinking, evaluating agents in terms that employ aretaic concepts evaluates how they regulate their actions (and judgment-sensitive attitudes) in light of the reasons that bear on them. On this virtue-centered view of practical reasons appraisal, evaluations of agents in terms of ethical virtues (and vices) are, inter alia, evaluations of them as practical reasoners. Here I consider and respond to an objection that threatens to debunk the virtue-centered view.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2006.tb00021.x
DO - 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2006.tb00021.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60950383509
SN - 0038-4283
VL - 44
SP - 629
EP - 656
JO - Southern Journal of Philosophy
JF - Southern Journal of Philosophy
IS - 4
ER -