“KEEPING THE HEART”: NATURAL AFFECTION IN JOSEPH BUTLER'S APPROACH TO VIRTUE
This essay considers eighteenth-century Anglican thinker Joseph Butler's view of the role of natural emotions in moral reasoning and action. Emotions such as compassion and resentment are shown to play a positive role in the moral life by motivating action and by directing agents toward certain...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 613-629 |
| Further subjects: | B
Self-love
B Virtue B Conscience B Emotion B Joseph Butler B Benevolence B Reason |
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