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The Authority of Virtue: Institutions and Character in the Good Society book cover

1st Edition

The Authority of Virtue Institutions and Character in the Good Society

By Tristan J. Rogers Copyright 2021
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge
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This book provides a unified account of the connection between justice and the good life. It argues that the virtues of character require institutions, while good institutions enable persons to live together virtuously. Although virtue ethics and political philosophy are rich and sophisticated philosophical traditions, there has been an unfortunate divergence, in theory and practice, between... Read more

1. Introduction

Part I: Living Well in a Political Community

2. Virtue and Political Authority

3. Living Well and The Fact of Reasonable Pluralism

Part II: The Role of Virtuous Persons in Good Institutions

4. Justice as Lawfulness

5. The Common Good of Political Friendship

Part III: The Role of Good Institutions in Living Well

6. The Constraining Role of Institutions in Living Well

7. The Formative Role of Institutions in Living Well

8. Conclusion

Biography

Tristan J. Rogers is Lecturer in the Departments of Philosophy at California State University, Sacramento and the University of California, Davis. He completed his PhD at the University of Arizona in 2017. His work also appears in Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Journal of Social Philosophy, and The Journal of Value Inquiry.

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