I can’t resist this one even though the source I’m quoting evidently suffered a production catastrophe, which I’ll reproduce.<\/p>\n
Virtue Epistemology<\/em>:<\/p>\n Epistemology, of course, is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge and provides the criteria for evidential warrant – it tells us when it is, in fact, rational to believe or disbelieve a given notion. Virtue epistemology is a particular approach within the field of epistemology, which takes its inspiration from virtue ethics. The latter is a general way to think about ethics that goes back to Aristotle and other ancient Greek and Roman thinkers.<\/p>\n Briefly, virtue ethics shifts thjat e [sic<\/em> – perhaps the<\/em>] focus from questions such as “Is this action right\/wrong?” to “Is the character of this agent virtuous or not?” The idea is that morality is a human attribute, which has the purpose of improving our lives as individuals embedded in a broader society. As such, it does not yield itself to universal analyses that take a god’s eye-view of things, but rather starts with the individual as moral agent. [“The Virtuous Skeptic,” Massimo Pigliucci, Skeptical Inquirer<\/strong><\/em> (March\/April 2017), offline only]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can’t resist this one even though the source I’m quoting evidently suffered a production catastrophe, which I’ll reproduce. Virtue Epistemology: Epistemology, of course, is the branch of philosophy that studies knowledge and provides the criteria for evidential warrant – it tells us when it is, in fact, rational to \u2026 Continue reading