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Author:   Alex Barber (The Open University) ,  Sean Cordell (The Open University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.678kg
ISBN:  

9780192843562

ISBN 10:   0192843567
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   16 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1: Alex Barber and Sean Cordell: An Overview of Social Roles and their Ethics PART ONE: HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS 2: Sophie Grace Chappell: Tempted Like Achilles: Reflections on Roles and Role-Recalcitrance in Ancient and Modern Ethics 3: Jing Iris Hu: Roles and Virtues: Which is More Important for Confucian Women? 4: John Simons: John Dewey s Analysis of Moral Agency as Pragmatist Role Ethics 5: Robert Stern: A Good Doctor but a Bad Person? A Puzzle for Role Ethics from Løgstrup PART TWO: THE NATURE AND NORMATIVITY OF ROLES 6: Erin Taylor: All Together Now: When Is a Role Obligation Morally Binding? 7: Tracy Isaacs: The Part We Play: Social Group Membership as a Role 8: Reid Blackman: Explaining Role-Based Reasons PART THREE: ROLES, INSTITUTIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS 9: Sean Cordell: Role Ethics and the Functions of Institutions 10: Stephanie Collins: Role Obligations to Alter Role Obligations 11: Diane Jeske: Are the Obligations of Friendship Role Obligations? 12: Thomas H. Smith: My Job and its Requirements PART FOUR: WELLBEING, SELFHOOD, AND ROLES 13: Samuel Clark: Three Relations between Roles and the Good 14: Alex Barber: Participatory Wellbeing and Roles 15: Luke Brunning: Virtuous Chameleons: Social Roles, Integrity, and the Value of Compartmentalisation

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Sean Cordell received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sheffield, and has since held posts at Sheffield, the University of Birmingham, and the Open University where he is currently Staff Tutor and Senior Lecturer. His research has developed from an in initial interest in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics to include the nature of social institutions, their virtues and vices, and the roles they determine for individual agents. Alex Barber received his doctorate from McGill University, Canada and currently Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University, UK. He has cross disciplinary research interests, and within philosophy works mainly on ethical and political philosophy, especially on topics where his expertise in the philosophy of language and linguistics can be brought to bear.

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