3548 | Aristotle neglects the place of rules in the mature virtuous person [Annas on Aristotle] |
1581 | Greeks elevate virtues enormously, but never explain them [Descartes] |
3544 | Kant thinks virtue becomes passive, and hence morally unaccountable [Kant, by Annas] |
5289 | When aristocracy or the bourgeoisie dominate, certain values dominate with them [Marx/Engels] |
20375 | Virtues must be highly personal; if not, it is merely respect for a concept [Nietzsche] |
2881 | Virtue has been greatly harmed by the boringness of its advocates [Nietzsche] |
24132 | After Socrates virtue is misunderstood, as good for all, not for individuals [Nietzsche] |
20198 | Many virtues are harmful traps, but that is why other people praise them [Nietzsche] |
20103 | You are mastered by your own virtues, but you must master them, and turn them into tools [Nietzsche] |
7165 | Virtue is wasteful, as it reduces us all to being one another's nurse [Nietzsche] |
7193 | Virtue for everyone removes its charm of being exceptional and aristocratic [Nietzsche] |
22476 | Nietzsche thought our psychology means there can't be universal human virtues [Nietzsche, by Foot] |
9260 | Virtues won't generate an obligation, so it isn't a basis for morality [Prichard] |
23692 | Good and bad are a matter of actions, not of internal dispositions [Foot] |
16956 | To explain generosity in a person, you must understand a generous action [Dummett] |
7097 | Virtue is secondary to a role-figure, defined within a culture [MacIntyre, by Statman] |
7101 | Virtue theory needs an external standard to judge behaviour and character [Inwagen, by Statman] |
4334 | Virtue ethics is open to the objection that it fails to show priority among the virtues [Hursthouse] |
7100 | Virtue theory isn't a genuine ethical theory, because it doesn't have universal application [Statman] |
7102 | Promises create moral duties that have nothing to do with character [Statman] |