Ware, L (2015) Erotic Virtue. Res Philosophica, 92 (4). pp. 915-935. ISSN 2168-9105. E-ISSN 2168-9113. (doi:10.11612/resphil.2015.92.4.7) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:62975)
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Abstract
This paper defends an account of how erotic love works to develop virtue. It is argued that love drives moral development by holding the creation of virtue in the individual as the emotion’s intentional object. After analyzing the distinction between passive and active ac- counts of the object of love, this paper demonstrates that a Platonic virtue-ethical understanding of erotic love—far from being consumed with ascetic contemplation—offers a positive treatment of emotion’s role in the attainment and social practice of virtue.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.11612/resphil.2015.92.4.7 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | love, virtue ethics, Plato, social philosophy |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > School of Culture and Languages |
| Depositing User: | Lauren Ware |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2017 13:23 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 17 Aug 2022 11:01 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/62975 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Ware, L.
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