“KEEPING THE HEART”: NATURAL AFFECTION IN JOSEPH BUTLER'S APPROACH TO VIRTUE.

This essay considers eighteenth-century Anglican thinker Joseph Butler's view of the role of natural emotions in moral reasoning and action. Emotions such as compassion and resentment are shown to play a positive role in the moral life by motivating action and by directing agents toward certain good...

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Publicado en:Journal of Religious Ethics Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 613 - 630
Autor principal: Moses, Sarah
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2009
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