 | Ian Shapiro - 2023 - 356 pages
...defined for Maclntyre in terms of internal goods. A virtue is “an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods” (ibid.: 191). In contrast to utilitarian conceptions of the good, which treat all pleasure as fungible,... | |
 | Robert P. George - 1992 - 388 pages
...virtues. Maclntyre defines virtue as follows: ‘A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods.' 8 Practices, he argues, never have ‘fixed goals for all time'. 9 Painting, for example. is a practice... | |
 | Oliver F. Williams, John W. Houck - 1992 - 222 pages
...MacIntyre, offers much promise. MacIntyre defines virtue as "an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...which effectively prevents us from achieving any such good" (MacIntyre 1981, p. 178). Thepoint here is that character or virtue is acquired; these human... | |
 | Dewi Zephaniah Phillips - 1992 - 322 pages
...in relation to practices as ‘an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tend to enable us to achieve those goods which are internal to practices and the lack of which effectively prevent us from achieving any such goods' (p. 178). This definition of virtue has to be modified as... | |
 | Jefferson Powell - 1993 - 320 pages
...theoretical concept is that of the virtue. “A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods.” 60 The possession and exercise of the relevant virtues are intrinsic to excellence in a given practice.... | |
 | Darrell J. Fasching, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies Darrell J Fasching - 1993 - 388 pages
...one strives for are internal to the practice. “A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods.” 52 If a child learns chess purely because she is promised a reward, such as an ice cream cone, the... | |
 | John H. Gibson - 1993 - 160 pages
...involved in the practice. 2 * Maclntyre claims that, "A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods." 29 This claim is premised by the assertion that a practice demands the practitioner subordinate himself... | |
 | John H. Gibson - 1993 - 158 pages
...in the practice. 28 Maclntyre claims that, “A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods.” 29 This claim is premised by the assertion that a practice demands the practitioner subordinate himself... | |
 | Stephen Holmes - 1993 - 358 pages
...their social milieu, by the games they play: "a virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve those goods which are internal to practices." 29 At this point, Maclntyre's thinking suddenly gets off the track. Without a word of explanation,... | |
 | K. W. M. Fulford, Grant Gillett, Janet Martin Soskice - 1994 - 224 pages
...this second way of interpreting the virtues: 'A virtue is an acquired human quality the possession and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve...effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods.' 2 The definition emphasises two important points: (1) Virtue is an acquired human quality rather than... | |
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and exercise of which tends to enable us to achieve those goods which are internal to practices and the lack of which effectively prevents us from achieving any such goods 
