Virtue Ethics and Moral Education.
by
Carr, David.
Title
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Virtue Ethics and Moral Education.
Author
:
Carr, David.
ISBN
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9780203978368
Personal Author
:
Carr, David.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (266 pages)
Series
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Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
Contents
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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.
Abstract
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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 virtues The 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.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Electronic books. -- local.
Ethics.
Moral education.
Virtue.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
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Steutel, Jan.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1184242-1001 | LC251 -- .V57 1999 EB | Ebrary E-Books |