The Virtue of Nonviolence

The Virtue of NonviolenceA study in comparative virtue ethics. Virtue ethics has been a major focus in contemporary moral philosophy since the publication of Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue. Here, in The Virtue of Nonviolence, Nicholas F. Gier argues that virtue ethics is the best option for constructive postmodern philosophy and that Gandhi's own thought is best viewed in light of this tradition. He supports this position by formulating Gandhi's ethics of nonviolence

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This book presents Rumi's startling conviction that "Love is the strongest unifying force in the Universe

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