Virtue ethics and moral education / / edited by David Carr and Jan Steutel

• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.114
• Soggetto topico: Moral education; Virtue; Ethics
• Altri autori: CarrDavid <1944-> SteutelJ. W <1948-> (Jan Willem)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Virtue Ethics and Moral Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Part 1: Introduction; 1. Virtue ethics and the virtue approach to moral education: Jan Steutel and David Carr; Part 2: General issues; 2. Virtue, eudaimonia and teleological ethics: Nicholas Dent; 3. Character development and Aristotelian virtue: Nancy Sherman; 4. Virtue, phronesis and learning: Joseph Dunne; Part 3: Varieties of virtue; 5. Cultivating the intellectual and moral virtues: Randall Curren; 6. Virtues of benevolence and justice: James D. Wallace ; 7. Self-regarding and other-regarding virtues: Michael Slote Part 4: Weakness and integrity; 8. Moral growth and the unity of the virtues: Bonnie Kent; 9. The virtues of will-power: self-control and deliberation: Jan Steutel; 10. Virtue, akrasia and moral weakness: David Carr; Part 5: Relativism and rival traditions; 11. Virtue, truth and relativism: John Haldane; 12. Justice, care and other virtues: a critique of Kohlberg's theory of moral development: Paul Crittenden; 13. Liberal virtue and moral enfeeblement: Eamonn Callan; Part 6: Educating the virtues: means and methods ; 14. Virtues, character and moral dispositions: Joel J. Kupperman 15. Habituation and training in early moral upbringing: Ben Spiecker; 16. Trust, traditions and pluralism: human flourishing and liberal polity: Kenneth A. Strike; Part 7: Conclusion; 17. The virtue approach to moral education: pointers, problems and prospects: David Carr and Jan Steutel; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of original essays on virtue ethics and moral education seeks to fill this gap in the recent literature of moral education, combining broader analyses with detailed coverage of:* the varieties of virtue* weakness and integrity* relativism and rival traditions* means and methods of educating the virtuesThe rare collaboration of professional ethical theorists and educational philosophers provides a ground-breaking work and an exciting new focus in a growing area of research.
• Titolo autorizzato: Virtue ethics and moral education
• ISBN: 1-280-14338-X; 0-203-97836-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827269803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education