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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.
This view is represented by some forms of humanism and by moral philosopher Rosalind Hursthouse in her widely anthologized article "Virtue Theory and Abortion". [58] According to Hursthouse, thinking about abortion in this way shows the unimportance of rights because one can act viciously in exercising a moral right.
Rosalind Hursthouse published On Virtue Ethics (1999). [29] Psychologist Martin Seligman drew on classical virtue ethics in conceptualizing positive psychology. Psychologist Daniel Goleman opens his book on Emotional Intelligence with a challenge from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics. [30]
List of ethicists including religious or political figures recognized by those outside their tradition as having made major contributions to ideas about ethics, or raised major controversies by taking strong positions on previously unexplored problems.
Philosophers born in the 20th century (and others important in the history of philosophy) listed alphabetically: Note: This list has a minimal criterion for inclusion and the relevance to philosophy of some individuals on the list is disputed.
^R – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge; 2000. ISBN 0-415-22364-4 ^W – For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy see her entry in Mary Warnock's Women Philosophers. J.M. Dent; 1996. ISBN 0-460-87721-6
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Hursthouse may refer to: Charles Flinders Hursthouse (1817–1876), New Zealand settler, writer; Charles Wilson Hursthouse (1841–1911), New Zealand surveyor, public servant, politician, soldier; Richmond Hursthouse (1845–1902), New Zealand politician; Rosalind Hursthouse (born 1943), New Zealand moral philosopher