Virtue Ethics and Moral Education

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-06-10
Mått:156 x 234 x 25 mm
Vikt:566 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415170734

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David Carr is Reader in the Faculty of Education at the University of Edinburgh. He is editor of Education, Knowledge and Truth (Routledge 1998) and is writing a book on Ethical Issues in Teaching (forthcoming with Routledge)., Jan Steutel is Reader in Philosophy of Education at the Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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`The book should be of interest in the intended way because it successfully joins educational philosophy to moral philosophy, and does so without artifice.' - Jonathon Jacobs, Journal of Moral Education`This is a good book.' - journal of Moral Education`the authors' knowledge of the social scientific and psychological literature gives their discussions a kind of traction that philosophical debates often lack' - Journal of Moral Education'These essays will be valuable tools for lecturers in Ethics and Moral Education to explore the implications for the education establishment and beyond. - Caroline Hancock, Trinity College, Carmarthen, UK

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Virtue Ethics and the Virtue Approach to Moral Education, Jan Steutel, David Carr; Part 2 General Issues; Chapter 2 Virtue, Eudaimonia and Teleological Ethics, Nicholas Dent; Chapter 3 Character Development and Aristotelian Virtue, Nancy Sherman; Chapter 4 Virtue, Phronesis and Learning, Joseph Dunne; Part 3 Varieties of Virtue; Chapter 5 Cultivating the Intellectual and Moral Virtues, Randall Curren; Chapter 6 Virtues of Benevolence and Justice, James D. Wallace; Chapter 7 Self-Regarding and Other-Regarding Virtues, Michael Slote; Part 4 Weakness and Integrity; Chapter 8 Moral Growth and the Unity of the Virtues, Bonnie Kent; Chapter 9 The Virtues of Will-Power, Jan Steutel; Chapter 10 Virtue, Akrasia and Moral Weakness, David Carr; Part 5 Relativism and Revial Traditions; Chapter 11 Virtue, Truth and Relativism, John Haldane; Chapter 12 Justice, Care and Other Virtues, Paul Crittenden; Chapter 13 Liberal Virtue and Moral Enfeeblement, Eamonn Callan; Part 6 Educating the Virtues; Chapter 14 Virtues, Character, and Moral Dispositions, Joel J. Kupperman; Chapter 15 Habituation and Training in Early Moral Upbringing, Ben Spiecker; Chapter 16 Trust, Traditions and Pluralism, Kenneth A. Strike; Part 7 Conclusion; Chapter 17 The Virtue Approach to Moral Education, David Carr, Jan Steutel;