Moral deliberation, nonmoral ends, and the virtuous agent

Tracy Isaacs; Diane Jeske

doi:10.1086/233746

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Moral deliberation, nonmoral ends, and the virtuous agent

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Moral deliberation, nonmoral ends, and the virtuous agent

Tracy Isaacs and Diane Jeske

Ethics, Vol.107(3), pp.486-500

04/01/1997

DOI: 10.1086/233746

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Abstract

Isaacs and Jeske argue that a realistic picture of moral deliberation does not give rise to the worries that previous critics have raised. They suggest that the ideal moral agent can be noninstrumentally committed to many nonmoral goods and to many moral goods for other than moral reasons.

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Title: Subtitle: Moral deliberation, nonmoral ends, and the virtuous agent
Creators: Tracy Isaacs
Diane Jeske
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Ethics, Vol.107(3), pp.486-500
Publisher: University of Chicago, acting through its Press
DOI: 10.1086/233746
ISSN: 0014-1704
eISSN: 1539-297X
Language: English
Date published: 04/01/1997
Academic Unit: Philosophy
Record Identifier: 9984397201302771

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