Virtue Ethics and Moral Education.
by
 
Carr, David.

Title
Virtue Ethics and Moral Education.

Author
Carr, David.

ISBN
9780203978368

Personal Author
Carr, David.

Physical Description
1 online resource (266 pages)

Series
Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

Contents
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
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
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
Electronic books. -- local.
 
Ethics.
 
Moral education.
 
Virtue.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Steutel, Jan.

Electronic Access
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LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf NumberStatus
IYTE LibraryE-Book1184242-1001LC251 -- .V57 1999 EBEbrary E-Books