Overview

Virtues and Virtue Education in Theory and Practice explores questions about the locality versus the universality of virtues from a number of theoretical and practical perspectives. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it considers the relevance of these debates for the practice of virtue and character education. This volume brings together experts from education, philosophy, and psychology to consider how different disciplines might learn from each other and how insights from theory and practice can be integrated. It shows that questions about virtue relativity or universality have not only theoretical significance but also important practical ramifications. The chapters explore different complexities of virtue ethics and different approaches to nurturing virtue and beyond, questioning how well virtues travel across geographical and cultural borders. By examining the philosophical literature and making links between theory and practice in an original way, the book offers scholarly research-informed suggestions for practice. It will be of great interest to researchers and academics and students in educational philosophy, character education, ethics, and psychology.

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Author:   Catherine A. Darnell (University of Birmingham, UK) ,  Kristján Kristjánsson (University of Birmingham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367612047

ISBN 10:   0367612046
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 May 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Volume Section One: Philosophical Issues 1. Moral Relativism and Virtue Christian Miller 2. Meeting the Challenges to the Universality of Virtue Jonathan Jacobs 3. Socratic Piety and the Universality of Virtue Randall Curren 4. Evaluative Attitudes as the Motivational Structures of Ethical Virtues Jonathan Webber 5. The Essential Sociality of Aristotelian Virtue Jennifer Rothschild 6. Neo-Aristotelianism, the Universality of Virtues, and the Challenge of Germline Genome Editing Nancy E. Snow Section Two: Psychological Issues 7. Morality as a Basic Psychological Need: Preliminary Evidence Eranda Jayawickreme, Mike Prentice & William Fleeson 8. Virtue and the Specificity Principle: An Integrative Approach to Understanding Character Elise D. Murray & Jonathan M. Tirrell 9. Diversity, Deviance, and Virtue within Imperfect Moral Communities Jennifer Cole Wright Section Three: Practical and Educational Issues 10. Educating Virtues in a Plural World: MacIntyre, Williams and Nussbum on Moral Education James MacAllister 11. Education and Upbringing in a Superdiverse Society: On the Cultivation of the Double Gaze Doret de Ruyter 12. Between the Local and Global: Placing the Virtuous Professional Practitioner in Context Sarah Banks 13. Social Work in a Pluralistic Society—Realising the Universal Claim of Phronesis Dieter Weber & Heidrun Wulfekühler 14. Local Virtues: The Case of the Circus Ron Beadle & Angus Robson 15. Confucian Virtue Ethics and Confucian Character Education Yi-Lin Chen Index

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Catherine A. Darnell is a Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Kristján Kristjánsson is Professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics at the University of Birmingham, UK.

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