Description: A Theory of Virtue is a systematic, comprehensive framework for thinking about the moral evaluation of character, proposing that virtue is chiefly a matter of being for what is good, and that virtues must be intrinsically excellent and not just beneficial or useful.
Review Quotes: "Robert Adams's new book is an important and comprehensive contribution to the study of virtue and to the defense of its existence. The book is an easy read; Adams skillfully lays out his views and arguments clearly and without jargon. A Theory of Virtue is well worth reading; it would be an
excellent way for anyone to get up to speed on the current state of virtue theory."--Ben Bradley, Notre Dame Philosophical Review