Virtue, Vice, and Value

Virtue, Vice, and Value
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9780195158656
ISBN-13 : 0195158652
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Book Synopsis Virtue, Vice, and Value by : Thomas Hurka

Download or read book Virtue, Vice, and Value written by Thomas Hurka and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurka's book puts forth a comprehensive theoretical account of moral virtue and vice. More specifically, it gives an account of the intrinsic goodness of virtue, and intrinsic evil of vice, that can fit into a consequentialist moral theory.


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