Virtue theory, ideal observers, and the supererogatory
Philosophical Studies 146 (2):179-96 (2009)
| Abstract | I argue that recent virtue theories (including those of Hursthouse, Slote, and Swanton) face important initial difficulties in accommodating the supererogatory. In particular, I consider several potential characterizations of the supererogatory modeled upon these familiar virtue theories (and their accounts of rightness) and argue that they fail to provide an adequate account of supererogation. In the second half of the paper I sketch an alternative virtue-based characterization of supererogation, one that is grounded in the attitudes of virtuous ideal observers, and that avoids the concerns raised in the first part of the paper. | |||||||||
| Keywords | virtue ethics virtue theory virtue ideal observer Hursthouse supererogation supererogatory ideals right action | |||||||||
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