Virtues in Action

Gregory Bassham, Philosophy Department at King's College, Pennsylvania, USA Dan Demetriou, University of Minnesota, Morris, USAMatthew Flannagan is a Theologian based in Auckland, New ZealandChris Frakes is an independent scholar and writer, USARobert K. Garcia, Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, USAHeidi Giebel, University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USANathan L. King, Whitworth University, USA Matthew Pianalto, Eastern Kentucky University, USANancy E. Snow, Marquette University, USA Lisa Tessman, Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, USAFranco V. Trivigno, Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAStan van Hooft, Deakin University in Australia

• Notes on Contributors Introduction PART I: PROFESSIONAL VIRTUE 1. Virtue-Centered Approaches to Education: Prospects and Pitfalls; Gregory Bassham 2. The Virtues of Honorable Business Executives; Dan Demetriou 3. Sport as a Moral Practice: An Aristotelian Approach; Michael W. Austin PART II: SOCIAL VIRTUE 4. Sex, Temperance, and Virtue; Stan van Hooft 5. Extend Your Benevolence: Kindness and Generosity in the Family and Beyond; Heidi Giebel 6. A Virtue Ethical Case for Pacifism; Franco V. Trivigno 7. Some Critical Reflections on Abortion and Virtue Theory; Matthew Flannagan PART III: ENVIRONMENTAL VIRTUE 8. Environmental Degradation, Environmental Justice, and the Compassionate Agent; Chris Frakes 9. Humility and Environmental Virtue Ethics; Matthew Pianalto PART IV: INTELLECTUAL VIRTUE 10. Hope as an Intellectual Virtue; Nancy E. Snow 11. Virtue Ethics and Moral Failure: Lessons from Neuroscientific Moral Psychology; Lisa Tessman 12. Getting Our Minds Out of the Gutter: Fallacies that Foul Our Discourse (and Virtues that Clean it Up); Robert K. Garcia and Nathan L. King Bibliography Index