The Virtue of Prudence

"Fulfilling the promise of its title, the book is a careful study of the virtue of prudence, but it is also a scrupulous study of prudence as a non-virtue. øThis! book does great service, alike for the virtue of prudence, for virtues ethics generally, and for ethical philosophy as a whole. It is a valuable contribution to our discipline. Because it provides solid orientation by skillfully contrasting the classical and modern frameworks, it is likely to be received with gratitude by students in college ethics courses, undergraduate and graduate, which use it as a text." (David L. Norton, Reason Papers)