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1. The utilitarian defence of animals -- 2. Criticizing Singer -- 3. Differences between humans and animals -- 4. The rights-based defence of animals -- 5. Midgley's approach : for and against speciesism -- 6. The virtue ethics defence of animals -- reading 1. "Equality for Animals?" / Peter Singer -- reading 2. "The case for animal rights" / Tom Regan -- reading 3. "Equality, women and animals" / Mary Midgley -- reading 4. "The significance of species" / Mary Midgley -- reading 5. "The moral status of animals' / Roger Scruton -- reading 6. "On the side of the animals, some contemporary philosophers' views."

Virtue theory & its application to abortion are discussed, suggesting that the question of cultural relativism & the conflicting requirements of different values are valid problems. A major criticism -- that virtue theory relies on a concept of "worthwhile" that differs according to audience -- is rejected as appealing to a condition of adequacy that is implausible in a normative moral theory. Regarding abortion, it is argued that virtue- & vice-related terms must be considered, eg, what is worthwhile, serious, & important in individual & family life. L. Baker

"This volume brings together a selection of Rosalind Hursthouse's essays on Aristotle, virtue ethics, and social philosophy. These articles provide valuable context and clarification for much of her more famous work while drawing attention to new avenues of philosophical investigation that Hursthouse pursued. Hursthouse's work played an integral role in establishing virtue ethics as a distinctive approach in ethical theory. This collection includes essays on the development of virtue in children, what the Aristotelian practically wise person knows, how virtue ethicists can inform discussions about environmental and animal ethics, what the starting point for virtue politics should be in a contemporary political context, and how human nature and ethical naturalism could provide the foundation for a virtue ethical system."--Publisher's website

This volume brings together a selection of Rosalind Hursthouse's essays on Aristotle, virtue ethics, and social philosophy. These articles provide valuable context and clarification for much of her more famous work while drawing attention to new avenues of philosophical investigation that Hursthouse pursued. Hursthouse's work played an integral role in establishing virtue ethics as a distinctive approach in ethical theory.

The central question in contemporary ethics is whether virtue can replace duty as the primary notion in ethical theory. The subject of intense contemporary debate in ethical theory, virtue ethics is currently enjoying an increase in interest. This is the first book to focus directly on the subject. It provides a clear, systematic introduction to the area and houses under one cover a collection of the central articles published on the debate over the past decade. The essays encompass a wide range ofaspects: the difference between virtue ethics and traditional duty ethics; present arguments for and against virtue ethics; the practical implications of virtue ethics and the Aristotelian and Kantian attitudes to virtue ethics