On Virtue and Vice : Metaphysical Foundations of the Doctrine of the Mean

On Virtue and Vice is a treatise in ethics. It offers a systematic and historical study of the Doctrine of the Mean.

The book argues for a triadic approach to ethical notions (for example, Goodness and two forms of Badness and Justice and two forms of Injustice).

The approach of the book is intertwined with a critical study of the relevant thought both of Western thinkers (Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas and David Hume) and also of Eastern thinkers (Confucius, Mencius and Chu Hsi).

A further aim of the book is to apply the Doctrine to contemporary life.