Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic

Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic presents a series of essays by leading ethicists and epistemologists who offer the latest thinking on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion.   Cuts across two fields of philosophical inquiry by featuring a dual focus on ethics and epistemology Features cutting-edge work on the moral and intellectual virtues and vices, the structure of virtue theory, and the connections between virtue and emotion Presents a radical new moral theory that makes exemplars the foundation of ethics; and new theories of epistemic vices such as epistemic malevolence and epistemic self-indulgence Represents one of the few collections to address both the moral virtues and the epistemic virtues Explores a new approach in epistemology - virtue epistemology - which emphasizes the importance of intellectual character traits

Notes on Contributors vii 1 Introduction: Virtue and Vice 1 Heather Battaly Part 1: The Structure of Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology 2 Virtue Ethics and Virtue Epistemology 21 Roger Crisp 3 Exemplarist Virtue Theory 39 Linda Zagzebski 4 Right Act, Virtuous Motive 57 Thomas Hurka Part 2: Virtue and Context 5 Agency Ascriptions in Ethics and Epistemology: Or, Navigating Intersections, Narrow and Broad 73 Guy Axtell 6 Virtues, Social Roles, and Contextualism 95 Sarah Wright Part 3: Virtue and Emotion 7 Virtue, Emotion, and Attention 115 Michael S. Brady 8 Feeling Without Thinking: Lessons from the Ancients on Emotion and Virtue-Acquisition 133 Amy Coplan Part 4: Virtues and Vices 9 A Challenge to Intellectual Virtue from Moral Virtue: The Case of Universal Love 153 Christine Swanton 10 Open-Mindedness 173 Wayne Riggs 11 Epistemic Malevolence 189 Jason Baehr 12 Epistemic Self-Indulgence 215 Heather Battaly Index 237