Living Accountably: Accountability as a Virtue

by C. Stephen Evans

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In contemporary culture, accountability is usually understood in terms of holding people who have done something wrong accountable for their actions. As such, it is virtually synonymous with punishing someone. Living Accountably argues that accountability should also be understood as a significant, forward-looking virtue, an excellence possessed by those who willingly embrace being accountable to those who have proper standing, when that standing is
exercised appropriately. Those who have this virtue are people who strive to live accountably. The book gives a fine-grained description of the virtue and how it is exercised, including an account of the motivational profile...Read more
  • ISBN10 0192898108
  • ISBN13 9780192898104
  • Publish Date 20 December 2022
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxford University Press
  • Edition 1
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 208
  • Language English