Editors:
- Presents accessible and informative analysis of recent developments in ethics of virtue
- Collates the work of numerous authors and crosses disciplines in order to examine ethics in psychology, sociology and theology
- Enables understanding of global perspectives and influences upon the concept of virtue
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Philosophical Varieties of Virtue and Virtue Ethics
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Virtue Ethics in the Wider Academic Context
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Virtue Ethics and the Wider Professional and Educational Context
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About this book
This book explores recent developments in ethics of virtue. While acknowledging the Aristotelian roots of modern virtue ethics – with its emphasis on the moral importance of character – this collection recognizes that more recent accounts of virtue have been shaped by many other influences, such as Aquinas, Hume, Nietzsche, Hegel and Marx, Confucius and Lao-tzu. The authors also examine the bearing of virtue ethics on other disciplines such as psychology, sociology and theology, as well as attending to some wider public, professional and educational implications of the ethics of virtue. This pioneering book will be invaluable to researchers and students concerned with the many contemporary varieties and applications of virtue ethics.
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Edinburgh, Edinburg, United Kingdom
David Carr
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Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, Birmingham, United Kingdom
James Arthur
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Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Kristján Kristjánsson
About the editors
James Arthur is Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Staffing and Professor of Education and Civic Engagement at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues. Among his many works on the education of character and virtue are The Communitarian Agenda in Education (2001) and Education with Character (2003).
David Carr is Emeritus Professor at the University of Edinburgh and currently Professor of Ethics and Education in the University of Birmingham Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, UK. He has written much on the significance of art and literature for educating moral character and recently edited a volume of essays entitled Perspectives on Gratitude: An Interdisciplinary Approach (2016).
Kristján Kristjánsson is Professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics, and Deputy Director of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, UK. His research focuses on issu
es at the intersection of moral philosophy, moral psychology and moral education. His latest book is Aristotelian Character Education (2015).Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Varieties of Virtue Ethics
Editors: David Carr, James Arthur, Kristján Kristjánsson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59177-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59176-0Published: 20 December 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59177-7Published: 30 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 352
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethics, Research Ethics, Non-Western Philosophy