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Rosalind Hursthouse
New Zealand philosopher (born 1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rosalind Hursthouse FRSNZ (born 10 November 1943) is a British-born New Zealand moral philosopher noted for her work on virtue ethics. She is one of the leading exponents of contemporary virtue ethics, though she has also written extensively on philosophy of action, history of philosophy, moral psychology, and biomedical ethics. Hursthouse is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Auckland and Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
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Born | Mary Rosalind Hursthouse (1943-11-10) 10 November 1943 (age 80) |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Education | Victoria University of Wellington University of Auckland, BA, MA Somerville College, Oxford, BPhil, DPhil |
Notable work | On Virtue Ethics |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic philosophy, virtue ethics, Aristotelianism |
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Thesis | Action, Emotion and Motive |
Main interests | Applied ethics, normative ethics, ancient philosophy, action theory |
Notable ideas | Neo-Aristotelianism, v-rules, Plato's requirement on the virtues |
Relatives | Richmond Hursthouse (great-grandfather) Charles Wilson Hursthouse (great-granduncle) Charles Flinders Hursthouse (great-great-granduncle) |
Hursthouse's book On Virtue Ethics (1999) is a key development of the contemporary revival of virtue theory ("aretaic turn") often cited as the definitive exposition of neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, which links morally right action, virtuous character, and human flourishing. Her book has been described by Roger Crisp as "the comprehensive statement modern virtue ethics has been awaiting for forty years."[1] According to Simon Blackburn, "With this book virtue ethics finally comes of age... This volume will effortlessly take its place as the defining exposition of the view."[1] Hursthouse has also made significant contributions to current debates on moral status, ethical dilemmas, moral emotions, ethical naturalism, human nature, and practical wisdom.
Hursthouse was a student of Elizabeth Anscombe and Philippa Foot, from whom she draws inspiration for much of her work in virtue ethics. Indeed, many consider On Virtue Ethics to be the spiritual successor to Anscombe's 1958 article "Modern Moral Philosophy" as well as Foot's manuscript on ethical naturalism, which has since been published as Natural Goodness (2001).[2]