The Structures of Virtue and Vice
![]() 258 pp., 6 x 9 Hardcover ISBN: 9781647120382 (1647120381) 258 pp., 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 9781647120399 (164712039X) eBook ISBN: 9781647120405 E-Inspection Request E-Inspection February 2021 LC: 2020010115 Moral Traditions series EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents Reviews |
The Structures of Virtue and Vice
Daniel J. Daly
A new ethics for understanding the social forces that shape moral character. Daniel Daly is an associate professor of moral theology in the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College. Daly has published widely on virtue ethics, ethics and social structures, and medical ethics. David Cloutier, Darlene Weaver, and Andrea Vicini, SJ
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"Daly's deep engagement with the field of sociology to develop an account of structures and moral agency through the lens of virtue ethics is substantive and much needed."—Margaret Pfeil, associate teaching professor, Department of Theology and the Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Diagnosis 1. Catholic Ethics in the Twenty-First Century 2. The Structure-Agency Problem in Catholic Ethics Part II: Resources 3. The Critical Realist Solution to the Structure-Agency Problem 4. The Growing Ends of Catholic Theological and Ethical Traditions in the Age of Pope Francis 5. A Theocentric, Personalist Virtue Ethics Part III: Synthesis and Application 6. Structures of Virtue and Vice 7. The Output Power of the Structures of Virtue and Vice Bibliography Index About the Author |