Treatise of Great Virtues

Previously from Iletisim Yayinlari: Is Capitalism Moral? André Comte-Sponville, whose book is published, deals with the issue of virtue in this book, which is on the bestseller list in France:

"What is virtue? It is a power that acts or can act. For example, the virtue of a plant or medicine is to heal, that of a knife is to cut, that of a human is to want or act humanely. The virtue of a hellebore is different from that of a hemlock, that of a knife is different from that of a hoe, the virtue of a human is different from that of a tiger or a snake. A The virtue of a being is what constitutes its value, in other words, its unique competence: A good knife is the one that can cut best, a good prescription is the one that is very successful in treatment, a good poison is the one that is very successful in killing... In this first and most general sense, virtues are the ones that are used, how they are aimed or They will be seen to be independent of the purposes they serve. The knife in the murderer's hand is no less virtuous than the one in the cook's hand, nor is the life-saving plant more virtuous than the poisoning plant. This, of course, does not mean that this man has no normative dimension: in whose hands it is and in most of its uses. The best knife will be the one that cuts best. Its specific power also governs its specific competence. But this normativity remains objective or morally insensitive, indifferent. It is enough for the knife to do its job, it does not judge or evaluate this work, and therefore its virtue is not our virtue. Because a perfect knife fell into the hands of a bad man
It does not lose anything from its perfection. Virtue is power, and power is sufficient for virtue. But it is not enough for humans. But it is not enough for morality."



Number of Pages: 400

Year of Printing: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Iletisim Publishing

Number of Pages: 400

First Print Year: 2012

Language Turkish