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The Ethical Detective
Rachel Haliburton
其他書名
Moral Philosophy and Detective Fiction
出版Lexington Books, 2018-02-28
主題Philosophy / Ethics & Moral PhilosophyPhilosophy / AestheticsLiterary Criticism / Mystery & Detective
ISBN14985368169781498536813
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WtJKDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.