Open AccessMoral and Epistemic Virtues: A Thomistic and Analytical Perspective
Author(s) -
Roger Pouivet
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
forum philosophicum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-7043
pISSN - 1426-1898
DOI - 10.35765/forphil.2010.1501.01
Subject(s) - epistemic virtue , epistemology , virtue , virtue ethics , philosophy , perspective (graphical) , morality , normative ethics , meta ethics , sociology , information ethics , law , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence
The article elaborates on the concept of ethics, noting the contrasting definitions of morality virtue-based and rule-based ethics. It highlights the related distinction between virtue epistemology and rule epistemology, stating that the main difference lies in the appreciation of the ethics of belief by either discipline. It also discusses the claim by philosopher Linda Zagzebski that epistemology is a branch of ethics, focusing on the contrary arguments including the perspectives of Saint Thomas Aquinas.