The Ethical Detective : Moral Philosophy and Detective Fiction Paperback / softback
by Rachel Haliburton
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Detective fiction and philosophy¾moral philosophy in particular¾may seem like an odd combination.
Working within the framework offered by neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, this book makes the case that moral philosophers ought to take murder mysteries seriously, seeing them as a source of ethical insight, and as a tool that can be used to spark the ethical imagination.
Detective fiction is a literary genre that asks readers to consider questions of good and evil, justice and injustice, virtue and vice, and is, consequently, a profoundly and inescapably ethical genre.
Moreover, in the figure of the detective, readers are presented with an accessible role model who demonstrates the virtues of honesty, courage, and a commitment to justice that are required by those who want to live well as a virtue ethicist would understand it.
This book also offers a critique of contemporary moral philosophy, and considers what features a neo-Aristotelian conception of autonomy might display.
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- Pages:266 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:28/09/2020
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- ISBN:9781498536820
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:266 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:28/09/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781498536820