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The plasticine managers.(Philosophy & Ideas)
IN A SMALL TOWN not far from where I live is a rather unusual monument. It is a water-metering device known as the Dethridge Wheel. For anyone who has travelled through the irrigation districts of south=eastern Australia, such wheels are a common sight. Every farm has such a meter on its channel outlet. The meter wheel was invented in Victoria by John Stewart Dethridge in 1910. Dethridge was an engineer who, in 1911, was appointed Commissioner of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission in Victoria. For the next fifteen years he ably carried out his role, as both administrator and "hands on" engineer. He was, for instance, involved in the design and construction of ...
- Virtue Ethics and the Wisdom Tradition: Exploring the Inclusive Guidance of the...
- Magazine article from: Global Virtue Ethics Review Choudhury, Enamul January 1, 2001 700+ words
...measures of conduct in terms of a consciousness...two sections: Virtue Ethics and the Discourse...the Context of Virtue Ethics and the Relevance...section, I discuss Virtue-Ethics in the context...character varies in terms of the degree of...
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- Dictionary definition from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas Hursthouse, Rosalind January 1, 2005 700+ words
VIRTUE ETHICS. Virtue ethics is one of the three major ethical approaches in modern moral...focuses on the virtues. In the Western tradition of philosophy, virtue ethics begins with the ethical writings of Plato and Aristotle, but...
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- Magazine article from: The Philosophical Review Driver, Julia January 1, 2002 700+ words
...which she develops a neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics that she sees as avoiding some of the major criticisms leveled against virtue ethics in general, and against Aristotle's brand of virtue ethics in particular. The book has three main...
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- Magazine article from: The Southern Journal of Philosophy Russell, Daniel C July 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Reference information from: The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy SIMON BLACKBURN January 1, 1996 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Journal of Ecumenical Studies Van Norden, Bryan W. January 1, 2003 700+ words
...approach as a version of "virtue ethics," and second to examine...position. I. Mengzi's Virtue Ethics I have argued elsewhere that a fully articulated virtue ethics would appeal to several...cultivation (2) The term "nature" can be used...
Source: HighBeam Research, The plasticine managers.(Philosophy & Ideas)