{"product_id":"the-pitfalls-of-virtue-ethics-9798765144466","title":"The Pitfalls of Virtue Ethics","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this book, Husain Sarkar offers a remarkable look into the groundwork of virtue ethics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEspecially focusing on theories proposed by Julia Annas and Rosalind Hursthouse, he examines a multiplicity of cardinal tenets of virtue ethics by bringing five cardinal objections - namely, the self-defeating objection, the circularity objection, the moral relativism objection, the explanatory poverty objection, and the inconsistent advice objection - to bear upon them. These objections define the shape, scope, and substance of the book. Collectively, they unveil several fault lines, a few hitherto unsuspected. Sarkar argues that notwithstanding the novel, intriguing answers to old, familiar ethical questions, the answers are so fraught with difficulties, that virtue ethics - as a philosophical moral tradition - is best seen as badly in need of repair and reformation. Perhaps, this book may provoke a Renaissance in the field of virtue ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHusain Sarkar\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Louisiana State University, USA. His first book, \u003ci\u003eA Theory of Method \u003c\/i\u003e(1983), presented a new problem in philosophy of science called the problem of group rationality. His other books include\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Toils of Understanding: An Essay on \"The Present Age\"\u003c\/i\u003e (2000)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDescartes' Cogito: Saved from the Great Shipwreck\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eGroup Rationality in Scientific Research\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eKant and Parfit: The Groundwork of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e (2018).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705212895506,"sku":"9798765144466","price":137.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69094f17-646b-49f0-8625-817089553310.jpg?v=1762343990","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pitfalls-of-virtue-ethics-9798765144466","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}