Moral ambition

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Australasian Journal of Philosophy 87 (2):285-299 (2009)
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The paper opens with an account of moral ambition which, it argues, is both a coherent ideal and an admirable trait. It closes with a discussion of some of the ways in which this trait might differ from traditional virtues such as temperance, courage, or benevolence

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Michael Meyer
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University of Glasgow

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A treatise of human nature.David Hume & D. G. C. Macnabb (eds.) - 1739 - Oxford,: Clarendon press.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments.Adam Smith - 1759 - Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications. Edited by Elizabeth Schmidt Radcliffe, Richard McCarty, Fritz Allhoff & Anand Vaidya.
On Virtue Ethics.Rosalind Hursthouse - 1999 - Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Two kinds of respect.Stephen Darwall - 1977 - Ethics 88 (1):36-49.

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