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Swanton refers to Hume as ‘a normative ethical theorist of virtue’. What breed of theorising beast is that,1 and is Hume, who is certainly some sort of theorist of virtue, a ‘normative ethical’ one? What other species of virtue theorist are there?
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Baier, A.C. (2009). Kinds of Virtue Theorist: A Response to Christine Swanton. In: Pigden, C.R. (eds) Hume on Motivation and Virtue. Philosophers in Depth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281158_13
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