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Introduction: The Recovery of Virtue |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE RECOVERY OF VIRTUE |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1987 |
| Size: 850 Words, 5,303 Characters |
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The recovery of virtue is a theme that points in more than one direction. It brings us inescapably into contact with such disciplines as philosophy, theology, and the social sciences. The discussion of virtue, it may be agreed, cannot be limited to a survey of systematic philosophies that deal with ethical questions. It must take place at the crossroads where human reasoning, social custom, historical factors, and even biological conditioning come together.
From the discussion of virtue that follows, at least two conclusions can be safely drawn. First, any serious attempt to deal with the theme of recovering virtue must go beyond abstract reason t...
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...ve from a coherent, persuasive account of life. Some have tried to glean from the past those values that can be applied to the present. Others have proposed new interpretations of knowledge, including a new science infused with a sense of the wholeness of life. Yet, with the erosion of the cement that once held our society together, we may be justified in wondering whether either will work.
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