Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy.
- Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues
- Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy
- Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education
- Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today
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| Introduction |
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1 Utrum sit una tantum vera enumeratio virtutum moralium |
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2 Generosity: A Preliminary Account of a Surprisingly Neglected Virtue |
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3 An Eye on Particulars with the End in Sight: An Account of Aristotelian Phronesis |
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5 Virtue Epistemology, Enhancement, and Control |
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6 Epistemic Paternalism and the Service Conception of Epistemic Authority |
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7 Neuromedia and the Epistemology of Education |
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8 Epistemic Vice and Motivation |
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Part 3 Political Philosophy |
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9 Senses of Humor as Political Virtues |
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10 Citizens' Political Prudence as a Democratic Virtue |
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11 Hope as a Democratic Civic Virtue |
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MICHEL CROCE, PHD, is Early Stage Marie Curie Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a junior researcher at the Aretai Center on Virtues. He has published a number of journal articles and book chapters in epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of education.
MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA, PHD, is a lecturer in ethics at the University of Genoa and a junior researcher at the Aretai Center on Virtues. She has published a number of journal articles and book chapters on several topics, including ethical naturalism, the unity of the virtues debate, moral exemplarism, and exemplarist approaches to moral education.
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