What does it mean to be a morally good person? Pleasure, emotion, and attention are also important parts of our moral character despite being involuntary inner states. Inner Virtue argues that such states can be morally virtuous or vicious by manifesting our deepest cares and concerns.

Nicolas Bommarito is a Bersoff Fellow in the philosophy department at NYU and an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

• Chapter 1: Introduction


• Chapter 2: Inner Virtue and Vice


• Chapter 3: Pleasure


• Chapter 4: Emotion


• Chapter 5: Attention


• Chapter 6: The Relevance of Inner Virtue