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Ideas of Daniel Statman, by Text

[Israeli, fl. 1997, Professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.]

1997 Introduction to Virtue Ethics
§1 p.7 Behaviour may be disgusting or inhumane, but violate no duty
§3 p.11 Friends express friendship even when no utility is involved
§3 p.13 Moral education is better by concrete example than abstract principle
§3 p.14 We may still admire a person's character even if the traits are involuntary
§4 p.16 There is a new sort of moral scepticism, about the possibility of moral theories
§5 p.19 With a broad concept of flourishing, it might be possible without the virtues
§5 p.20 Virtue theory isn't a genuine ethical theory, because it doesn't have universal application
§5 p.22 Promises create moral duties that have nothing to do with character
§6 p.24 Abortion issues focus on the mother's right over her body, and the status of the foetus
§7 p.27 The ancients recognised imperfect duties, but we have added perfect duties like justice