Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
10-2025
Abstract
The Excellent Legal Scholar: This article considers how virtues pan out in the life of the legal scholar, bearing in mind the purpose of legal scholarship and the identity of the legal scholar, who plays multifarious roles in today's research landscape. I consider how vision is important for the excellent legal scholar, bearing in mind that an aretaic account should be attentive to eudaimonia. I conclude with soul-searching questions for the legal scholar who endeavours to live an examined life that stands up to aretaic appraisal.
Keywords
legal scholarship, legal scholar, virtue ethics, aretaic ethics, eudaimonia, academic identity, scholarly virtues, vision in scholarship, examined life
Discipline
Law | Legal Writing and Research
Research Areas
Legal Theory, Ethics and Legal Education
Publication
Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy
Volume
74
Issue
4
First Page
875
Last Page
903
ISSN
2213-0721
Identifier
10.1017/S0020589325101346
Publisher
Boom Juridische
Citation
TAN, Seow Hon.
The excellent legal scholar. (2025). Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy. 74, (4), 875-903.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4725
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589325101346