Shakespeare and Moral Agency

, by Bristol, Michael D.

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ISBN: 9780826446763 | 0826446760
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Copyright: 2/10/2010

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This work returns to the 19th century tradition of a moral or ethical criticism in the context of important new thinking in the field of ethics and moral philosophy.

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Notes on Contributors	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction: Is Shakespeare a Moral Philosopher?	p. 1
The Agency of Agents
Moral Agency and Its Problems in Julius Caesar: Political Power, Choice, and History	p. 15
A Shakespearean Phenomenology of Moral Conviction	p. 29
Wordplay and the Ethics of Self-Deception in Shakespeare's Tragedies	p. 42
Excuses, Bepissing, and Non-being: Shakespearean Puzzles about Agency	p. 55
Social Norms
Conduct (Un)becoming or, Playing the Warrior in	p. 71
To Tempt the Rheumy and Unpurged Airö: Contagion and Agency in	p. 86
Ethical Questions and Questionable Morals in Measure for Measure and The Merchant of Venice	p. 99
öThe oldest hath borne mostö: the Burdens of Aging and the Morality of Uselessness in King Lear	p. 111
Moral Characters
Quoting the Enemy: Character, Self-Interpretation, and the Question of Perspective in Shakespeare	p. 129
The Fool, the Blind, and the Jew	p. 142
öUnlucky Deedsö and the Shame of Othello	p. 159
Agency and Repentance in The Winter's Tale	p. 171
What's Virtue Ethics Got to Do With It? Shakespearean Character as Moral Character	p. 184
Works Cited	p. 200
Index	p. 211
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Shakespeare and Moral Agency

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