Virtue: An Introduction to Theory and Practice (Cascade Companions)

by Olli-Pekka Vainio

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2016

Overview

Since the 1960s, the virtues have been making a comeback in various fields of study. This book offers an overview of the history of virtues from Plato to Nietzsche, discusses the philosophy and psychology of virtues, and analyzes different applications of virtue in epistemology, positive psychology, ethics, and politics.

• Offers an entertaining invitation to the tradition of virtue ethics.
• Guides the reader through historical and contemporary debates.
• Speaks a learned but enjoyable reflection on the good life.

Praise for the Print Edition

Olli-Pekka Vainio’s Virtue offers a concise and entertaining invitation to the tradition of virtue ethics. Paying special attention to the development of virtue theory (particularly in its Western forms), Vainio deftly guides the reader through historical and contemporary debates, which he illustrates with abundant examples and thought experiments. An ideal introductory text for students of philosophy and theology, Virtue is, so to speak, its own reward: a learned but enjoyable reflection on the good life.

--Richard Amesbury, Professor of Theological Ethics, Director of the Institute for Social Ethics, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Drawing wisdom from the greatest traditional and contemporary philosophers, and relating their insights to new scientific research and common-sense situations, Olli-Pekka Vainio has written one of the finest, clearest, and most balanced introductions to the theory and practice of virtue ethics available today.

--Andrew Pinsent, Faculty of Theology and Religion, Oxford University

Product Details

• Title: Virtue: An Introduction to Theory and Practice
• Author: Olli-Pekka Vainio
• Series: Cascade Companions
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Pages: 134
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• ISBNs: 9781498237505, 1498237509
• Resource ID: LLS:VRTNNTTHRYPRCTC
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-11-29T18:41:50Z

About Olli-Pekka Vainio

Olli-Pekka Vainio (DrTheol, Habil, University of Helsinki) is university lecturer of systematic theology in the faculty of theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He previously served as a resident scholar at the Center of Theological Inquiry and taught at the University of Oxford. Vainio is the author or editor of numerous volumes, including Justification and Participation in Christ, Engaging Luther: A (New) Theological Assessment, Disagreeing Virtuously: Religious Conflict in Interdisciplinary Perspective, and Virtues: An Introduction to Theory and Practice.