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Some Critical Remarks on ‘Theories’ of Practice and the Paradoxes of ‘Virtue’ Ethics
from Part I - Concepts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2021
What do we owe to others when interacting with them and what should we know when asking this question? Those seemingly straightforward queries get quickly more complicated when we realize that many of our actions take place not only in institutional contexts – such as promising or contracting – but also in organizations when we are vested with ‘authority’. In both cases special responsibilities are created, but in the latter case they can no longer be ascribed to us as ‘persons’ when we act as ‘managers’ of an organization, or as magistrates, holding public office.
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