Shakespeare and Moral Agency

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction: Is Shakespeare a Moral Philosopher? / Michael Bristol -- Part I. The Agency of Agents -- 1. Moral Agency and Its Problems in Julius Caesar: Political Power, Choice, and History / Hugh Grady -- 2. A Shakespearean Phenomenology of Moral Conviction / James A. Knapp -- 3. Wordplay and the Ethics of Self-Deception in Shakespeare's Tragedies, (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada) -- 4. Shakespearean Puzzles about Agency, (The University of Chicago, USA) -- Part II. Social Norms -- 5. Conduct (Un) becoming or, Playing the Warrior in Macbeth / Sharon O'Dair -- 6. To Tempt the Rheumy and Unpurged Air: Contagion and Agency in Julius Caesar, (University of North Carolina, USA) -- 7. Moral Questions and Questionable Ethics in Measure for Measure and The Merchant of Venice / Kathryn R. Finin -- 8. The oldest hath borne most: the Burdens of Aging and the Morality of Uselessness in King Lear / Naomi C. Liebler -- Part III. Moral Characters -- 9. Quoting the Enemy: Character, Self-Interpretation, and the Question of Perspective in Shakespeare, (Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, Canada) -- 10. The fool, the Blind, and the Jew / Tzachi Zamir -- 11. What's Virtue Ethics Got to Do With It: Shakespearean Character as Moral Character / Sara Coodin -- 12. Agency and repentance in The Winter's Tale / Gregory Currie -- 13. Agent-Regret in Shakespearean Tragedy / Andrew Escobedo -- Index. Contributor Bio:  Bristol, Michael D Michael D. Bristol is Greenshields Professor Emeritus at McGill University, Canada.