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02899aam a2200385 i 4500 001 EB1502F4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 220623s2023 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022026936 020 $a 0197672124 020 $a 9780197672129 035 $a (OCoLC)1342110607 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d PTS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a B318.E8 $b W66 2023 082 00 $a 170 $2 23/eng/20220824 100 1 $a Woodruff, Paul, $d 1943- $e author. 245 10 $a Living toward virtue : $b practical ethics in the spirit of Socrates / $c Paul Woodruff. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xvi, 227 pages ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-221) and index. 505 0 $a Practical ethics -- The spirit of Socrates -- The shape of virtue -- Aiming at virtue -- Human wisdom -- Resources -- Living toward virtue. 520 $a "Virtue ethics can be practical if we give it a new start, working from Socrates' approach to ethics as represented in Plato. This approach is more promising than that of most recent virtue ethicists, who begin from Aristotle. It is also more practical than modern ethical theories. Socrates asks us to nurture the moral health of our souls all our lives, whereas Aristotle teaches us to acquire virtues as traits. Traits are not reliable however, and false confidence in one's virtue is a major cause of moral error and the moral injury that results from error. I must never think with any certainty that I have a virtue. It is especially dangerous for me to think that I have the wisdom or moral knowledge that would keep me on the right path. Socrates sets an example by recognizing his ignorance through self-examination and by making that recognition a cornerstone of human wisdom. But Socrates does not explain how we can seek virtue when we do not know for sure what it is. This book goes beyond what we know of Socrates in order to show how we can seek virtue without having knowledge. Using real-life examples, some of them from warfare, the book shows how we can nurture our souls and avoid moral injury so far as possible. The outcome of a life on this Socratic model is beauty of soul and a special kind of happiness"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Socrates. 600 07 $a Socrates. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00035600 650 0 $a Ethics. 650 0 $a Virtue. 650 7 $a Ethics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00915833 650 7 $a Virtue. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01167712 776 08 $i Online version: $a Woodruff, Paul, 1943- $t Living toward virtue $d New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2023 $z 9780197672143 $w (DLC) 2022026937 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718100433.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EB1502F4214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search