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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Justin Oakley; Dean Cocking |
| ISBN: | 052179305X 9780521793056 9780521027298 0521027292 |
| OCLC Number: | 45963028 |
| Description: | xii, 188 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface-- Acknowledgements-- Introduction-- 1. The nature of virtue ethics-- 2. The regulative ideals of morality and the problem of friendship-- 3. A virtue ethics approach to professional roles-- 4. Ethical models of the good general practitioner-- 5. Professional virtues, ordinary vices-- 6. Professional detachment in health care and legal practice-- Bibliography-- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Justin Oakley, Dean Cocking. |
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'The great achievement of this book is that it renders virtue ethics plausible ... It certainly offers a new and constructive way of viewing the meaning and the purpose, the roles and the goods of professional life.' Heythrop Journal ' ... there have been relatively few theoretical contributions of this caliber to the literature on virtues and the professions, this book will be a welcome addition to the field.' Jennifer Welchman, Philosophy in Review 'This excellent volume has something for everyone ... It is a thought-provoking read [and] ...offers a significant contribution to the ethics literature' Derek Sellman, Nursing Philosophy Read more...
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