In my paper, I maintain that Hume’s moral sentimentalism offers the philosophical tools to redefine the basic notions of virtue ethics in a more efficacious way compared to the opposing neo-Aristotelian model. I argue that the strength of Hume’s version of virtue ethics is that he aims at the unity of character instead of the unity of the virtues. This allows to develop a pluralistic and secularised morality which denies any supposed final cause or télos for human beings conceived as a species, and instead upholds the individuality of the person as the fundamental value which should be pursued and promoted.

Toward a Humean Virtue Ethics

GRECO L
2013-01-01

Abstract

In my paper, I maintain that Hume’s moral sentimentalism offers the philosophical tools to redefine the basic notions of virtue ethics in a more efficacious way compared to the opposing neo-Aristotelian model. I argue that the strength of Hume’s version of virtue ethics is that he aims at the unity of character instead of the unity of the virtues. This allows to develop a pluralistic and secularised morality which denies any supposed final cause or télos for human beings conceived as a species, and instead upholds the individuality of the person as the fundamental value which should be pursued and promoted.
2013
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