Science and Virtue: An Essay on the Impact of the Scientific Mentality on Moral Character (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780754655626)

Charting new territory in the interface between science and ethics, Science and Virtue is a study of how the scientific mentality can affect the building of character, or the attainment of virtue by the individual. Drawing on inspiration from virtue-ethics and virtue-epistemology, Caruana argues that science is not just a system of knowledge but also an important factor determining a way of life. This book goes beyond the normal strategy evident in the science-ethics realm of examining specific ethical dilemmas posed by scientific innovations. Here Caruana deals with more fundamental issues, uncovering morally significant tendencies within the very core of the scientific mentality and explaining how science, its method, history and explanatory power can shape a conception of the good life.

Author: Louis Caruana
ISBN-10: 0754655628
ISBN-13: 9780754655626
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/28/2006
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 03/01/2007 pg. 3