9780812695434-0812695437-Virtuous Liaisons: Care, Love, Sex, and Virtue Ethics

Virtuous Liaisons: Care, Love, Sex, and Virtue Ethics

ISBN-13: 9780812695434
ISBN-10: 0812695437
Author: Raja Halwani
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Open Court
Format: Paperback 312 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780812695434
ISBN-10: 0812695437
Author: Raja Halwani
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Open Court
Format: Paperback 312 pages

Summary

Virtuous Liaisons: Care, Love, Sex, and Virtue Ethics (ISBN-13: 9780812695434 and ISBN-10: 0812695437), written by authors Raja Halwani, was published by Open Court in 2003. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other General (Sexual Health, Ethics & Morality, Philosophy) books. You can easily purchase or rent Virtuous Liaisons: Care, Love, Sex, and Virtue Ethics (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used General books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Author Raja Halwani discusses how virtue ethics sheds light on three crucial areas of our lives: care, love, and sex. He has three groundbreaking theses: first, care should be construed as a virtue, and care ethics should be subsumed under virtue ethics. Second, romantic love is an emotion and not a virtue, and the best (most moral) love is the one found in a virtuous person. Third, virtue ethics allows for sexual lifestyles (promiscuity, open relationships, and sex work) that are abjured by traditional morality.

The book's three theses are unique in important respects. The Chapter on care settles decisively the issue of care ethics' status. By arguing that care ethics is subsumed by virtue ethics, the book preserves the importance of care ethics and avoids objections to it. The chapter on love spells out the connections between love and the virtues and argues that romantic love is crucial to a well-lived, flourishing life. The third chapter argues that virtue ethics is perfectly hospitable to alternative sexual lifestyles, which boldly counters the conservative viewpoints of many virtue ethicists.

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