The Ethical Detective: Moral Philosophy and Detective Fiction

di Rachel Haliburton (Autore)

Lexington Books, 2018

Detective fiction and philosophy¾moral philosophy in particular¾may seem like an odd combination. Working within the framework offered by neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, this book makes the case that moral philosophers ought to take murder mysteries seriously, seeing them as a source of ethical insight, and as a tool that can be used to spark the ethical imagination. Detective fiction is a literary genre that asks readers to consider questions of good and evil, justice and injustice, virtue and vice, and is, consequently, a profoundly and inescapably ethical genre. Moreover, in the figure of the detective, readers are presented with an accessible role model who demonstrates the virtues of honesty, courage, and a commitment to justice that are required by those who want to live well as a virtue ethicist would understand it. This book also offers a critique of contemporary moral philosophy, and considers what features a neo-Aristotelian conception of autonomy might display.

• Autore: Rachel Haliburton
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 266 p.
• Dimensioni: 241 x 156 mm
• Peso: 581 gr.
• EAN: 9781498536806

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