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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for Ethical Values
Virtue Ethics

Topical links

Michael Stocker

Michael Stocker
(http://www-hl.syr.edu/phil/stocker.html)

Home page of Michael Stocker (Syracuse University)
An Interview with Prof. Michael Stocker
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/video/Interviews/Stocker/)

Video of interview of Stocker by Lawrence Hinman (University of San Diego); from Ethics Updates
Alasdair MacIntyre

Alasdair MacIntyre
(http://www.nd.edu/~ndphilo/faculty/amc.htm)

Home page of Alasdair MacIntyre (University of Notre Dame)
The Achievement of Alasdair MacIntyre
(http://www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9608/oakes.html)

Article by Edward T. Oakes from First Things, 1996
Aristotle

Aristotle
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aristotl.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Aristotle: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aris.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
Greek Philosophy: Aristotle
(http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/GREECE/ARIST.HTM)

Overview of some central ideas by Richard Hooker (Washington State University)
Aristotle
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01713a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Aristotle
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/aristotle.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet
Aristotle
(http://philosophy.ucdavis.edu/phi001/arietlec.htm)

Lecture notes from a 1994 intro to philosophy course by G. J. Mattey (UC Davis)
Aristotle links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.aspx?PhilCode=Aris)

EpistemeLink link collection
Confucius

Confucius
(http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg;=2&ti=761551784)

Encarta article
Confucianism
(http://www.religioustolerance.org/confuciu.htm/t_blank)

Discussion of history, beliefs, practices, etc. from ReligiousTolerance.org
An Introduction to Confucianism
(http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_confucianism.htm)

Essay offering historical overview and summary of beliefs by Dr. Meredith Sprunger (Urantia Book Fellowship)
Confucianism
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04223b.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Confucianism
(http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/readings/r000004.htm)

Article by Judith A. Berling for the Asia Society's Focus on Asian Studies, Vol. II, No. 1 Asian Religions, Fall 1982
Confucius: Humanity, Character, and Altruism
(http://www.fred.net/tzaka/confuc.html)

Reflections by Gordon L. Ziniewicz
Janet Smith

Janet E. Smith
(http://www.udallas.edu/phildept/smith.htm)

Home page of Janet Smith (University of Dallas)
Janet E. Smith's Publications
(http://www.udallas.edu/phildept/smith/publications.htm)

List of Smith's articles, many of which are available online
Virtue ethics

Virtue
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/v9.htm#virtue)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
Virtue ethics
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/v9.htm#virth)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
Ethics and Virtue
(http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Centers/Ethics/practicing/decision/ethicsandvirtue.html)

Overview of virtue ethics from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (Santa Clara University)
Virtue Theory
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/v/virtue.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Virtue of ethics & core values
(http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/JSCOPE99/Tiel99.html)

Detailed discussion of virtue ethics, criticisms virtue ethicists make of other ethical theories, problematic and advantageous aspects of virtue ethics, etc. by Jeffrey R. Tiel (Ashland University)
Virtue Ethics and Leadership
(http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/JSCOPE98/PFAFF98.htm)

Essay discussing how virtue ethics can help ground leadership in a way that utilitarian and rule-based theories can't; by Cpt. Charles A. Pfaff (West Point)
Virtue Ethics Without Character Traits
(http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~ghh/Thomson.html)

Article relating deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics by Gil Harman (Princeton University)
The Search for Happiness: A Brief Introduction to Ethics
(http://radicalacademy.com/philindex4.htm)

Series of essays on virtues from a fundamentally Aristotelian perspective by Dr. Jonathan Dolhenty (The Radical Academy)
Integrity
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/integrity/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Literature on Aristotle and Virtue Ethics
(http://ethics.acusd.edu/theories/Aristotle/index.html)

Collection of video resources, links, bibliography, etc.; from Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates (University of San Diego)
Aristotle's virtue ethics

Aristotle: Ethics
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aris-eth.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Aristotle's virtue ethics
(http://www.drury.edu/ess/Reason/Aristotle.html)

Discussion by Charles Ess (Drury University)
Aristotle's ethics
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle-ethics/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Ethics Lecture 2--Aristotle
(http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/philosophy/Courseres/Eth022.htm)

Lecture notes on Aristotle's notions of eudaimonia, function, the purpose of ethics, etc. by Michael Morris (University of Sussex)
Ethics Lecture 10--Consequentialism
(http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/philosophy/Courseres/Eth0210.htm)

Lecture notes on consequentialism and utilitarianism by Michael Morris (University of Sussex)
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
(http://www.fred.net/tzaka/aristot2.html)

Reflections by Gordon L. Ziniewicz
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics: Commentary
(http://webusers.xula.edu/rberman/aristotl.htm)

Remarks about several books in the NE by Robert Berman (Xavier University)
Aristotle's Ethics
(http://web.mit.edu/wedgwood/www/teaching/ancient97/aristotle.html)

Detailed lecture by Ralph Wedgwood (MIT)
Aristotle's Ethics: Essay
(http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/Ockham/y67s08.html#1)

Extensive set of discussions by R. J. Kilcullen (Macquarie University)
Ethics According to Aristotle and Kant
(http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/newsletter_articles/2000/winter/slakey.htm)

Discussion by Thomas Slakey (Thomas Aquinas College)
Aristotle's doctrine of the mean and list of virtues

Notes for Lecture #7
(http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ap85/051/lec7.html)

Lecture notes on Aristotle's doctrine of the mean by Alexander R. Pruss (Georgetown University)
The Chart (Nicomachean Ethics II.7)
(http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ap85/051/TheChart.html)

Table illustrating Aristotle's doctrine of the mean by Alexander R. Pruss (Georgetown University)
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics: Moral Virtues and the Mean
(http://www.fred.net/tzaka/arismean.html)

Chart illustrating Aristotle's doctrine of the mean by Gordon L. Ziniewicz