Pettigrove, G. (2015) Re-conceiving character: The social ontology of Humean virtue. Res Philosophica, 92(3), pp. 595-619. (doi: 10.11612/resphil.2015.92.3.3)
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Abstract
Most twenty-first century ethicists conceive of character as a stable, enduring state that is internal to the agent who possesses it. This paper argues that writers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries did not share this conceptions: as they conceived of it, character is fragile and has a social ontology. The paper goes on to show that Hume’s conception of character was more like his contemporaries than like ours. It concludes with a look at the significance of such a conception for current debates about the place of character in ethics.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Pettigrove, Professor Glen |
| Authors: | Pettigrove, G. |
| College/School: | College of Arts > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Journal Name: | Res Philosophica |
| Publisher: | Philosophy Documentation Centre |
| ISSN: | 2168-9105 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2168-9113 |
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