The Art of Making Values Explicit
Abstract
MS: Your recent book (Making Values Explicit.On How We Are Moved to Do, Act, Care, and Change, Ethics International Press Ltd: Bradford 2025) is mainly devoted to values.Interestingly, you claim that the very notion of "values" is undervalued in philosophy as it is broad and a bit fuzzy and, consequently, it may be used in many divergent contexts.At the same time, you make this traditional concept pivotal for your project.Why? SS: I've always been a sceptic of virtue theories.Everyone agrees that virtues exist, but no one really tries for them and everyone seems to find them unattainable.And if so, being virtuous is encouraged, yet not really necessary.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
Values and Moral Education
Ethics in Business and Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Eidos A Journal for Philosophy of Culture
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 182–189
- Publication date
- 31 January 2026
- Language
- EN