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78Vocational Virtue Ethics: Prospects for a Virtue Ethic Approach to BusinessJournal of Business Ethics 116 (2): 283-296. 2013.In this essay, I explore the prospects for a virtue ethic approach to business. First, I delineate two fundamental criteria that I believe must be met for any such approach to be viable: viz., the virtues must be exercised for the sake of the good of one’s life as a unitary whole (contra role-morality approaches) and for the common good of the communities of which one is a part as well as the individual good of their members (contra egoist approaches). Second, I argue that these two criteria can…Read more
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16Public DebateEncyclopedia of Global Bioethics. 2015.Ethical issues in healthcare and biomedical research are often a matter of public debate. This entry will explore several prominent views on how such debate should be conducted within pluralistic democratic societies. It begins by considering John Rawls’s account of public reason. It then examines how this account applies to the controversial issues of abortion and physician-assisted suicide, where one can see why some have objected to this view, especially with regard to the way it requires cit…Read more
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23Michah Gottlieb, Faith and Freedom: Moses Mendelssohn’s Theological-Political Thought (review)Review of Metaphysics 65 (2): 421-423. 2011.
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65Homo Religiosus: Does Spirituality Have a Place in Neo-Aristotelian Virtue Ethics?Religious Studies 51 (3): 335-346. 2015.In this article I seek to show the importance of spirituality for a neo-Aristotelian account of ‘the good life’. First, I lay out my account of spirituality. Second, I discuss why the issue of the place of spirituality in the good life has often either been ignored or explicitly excluded from consideration by neo-Aristotelians. I suggest that a lot turns on how one understands the ‘ethical naturalism’ to which neo-Aristotelians are committed. Finally, I argue that through a deeper exploration of…Read more
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215Re-Enchanting the World: An Interview with Charles TaylorPhilosophy and Theology 24 (2): 275-294. 2012.This interview with Charles Taylor explores a central concern throughout his work, viz., his concern to confront the challenges presented by the process of ‘disenchantment’ in the modern world. It focuses especially on what is involved in seeking a kind of ‘re-enchantment.' A key issue that is discussed is the relationship of Taylor’s theism to his effort of seeking re-enchantment. Some other related issues that are explored pertain to questions surrounding Taylor’s argument against the standard…Read more
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University of FloridaProfessor
Marquette University
PhD, 2013
Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Virtue Ethics |
Philosophy of Religion |
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
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Philosophy of Religion |
Applied Ethics |
Meta-Ethics |
Normative Ethics |