Science and Virtue by Louis Caruana

An Essay on the Impact of the Scientific Mentality on Moral Character

A study of how the scientific mentality can affect the building of character, or the attainment of virtue by the individual. It deals with fundamental issues, uncovering morally significant tendencies within the core of the scientific mentality, explaining how science, its method, history and explanatory power can shape a conception of good life. Charting new territory in the interface between science and ethics, "Science and Virtue" is a study of how the scientific mentality can affect the building of character, or the attainment of virtue by the individual. Drawing on inspiration from virtue-ethics and virtue-epistemology, Caruana argues that science is not just a system of knowledge but also an important factor determining a way of life. This book goes beyond the normal strategy evident in the science-ethics realm of examining specific ethical dilemmas posed by scientific innovations. Here Caruana deals with more fundamental issues, uncovering morally significant tendencies within the very core of the scientific mentality and explaining how science, its method, history and explanatory power can shape a conception of the good life.
`Author(s) :` Louis Caruana	`Format :` Hardback Book
`ISBN-10 :` 0754655628	`ISBN-13 :` 9780754655626
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Series Title : Ashgate New Critical Thinking In Philosophy S.

Country Publication : United Kingdom

Publication Date : 28/09/2006

Publisher : Ashgate Publishing Group

Page Length : 148mm

Page Size : 234mm