Moral Cultivation: Essays on the Development of Character and VirtueBrad K. Wilburn Lexington Books, 2007 - 159 páginas The volume Moral Cultivation explores an overlooked topic in the renewed interest in virtue ethics, the concept of moral cultivation. While the study of virtue ethics focuses on the concept of virtue itself, an exploration of moral cultivation explores the process of attaining that virtue. The essays in this collection explore the question: How do we develop good character? Brad Wilburn has brought together a range of moral perspectives on this issue. Drawing on many different traditions, the essayists employ many schools of thought and thinkers regarding this issue, including: the Confucian tradition, Ancient Greek philosophy, Classical Rabbinic thought, the moral theory of Hume, and the imperatives of Kant. Although the essays cover a wide breadth, the focus is on a few basic questions: What does moral cultivation look like? What parts of us need to be cultivated and what methods should be used? How do moral theories connect with this aspect of our moral experience? Moral Cultivation is a great contribution to the study of virtue ethics. It is a rewarding volume for all levels of thinkers and students with an interest in philosophy or ethics. |
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... motivation for this account , and a theme that winds its way through- out various essays in this volume , concerns ... motivation , a reason for action . Without conclusively settling the issue , Prior suggests that we may be able to ...
... motivation for this account , and a theme that winds its way through- out various essays in this volume , concerns ... motivation , a reason for action . Without conclusively settling the issue , Prior suggests that we may be able to ...
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... motivation , by practicing a be- havior without the motivation . " ( Radcliffe , 113 ) Radcliffe describes this process as similar to that by which we develop tastes for certain things that might ini- tially be unappealing to us ...
... motivation , by practicing a be- havior without the motivation . " ( Radcliffe , 113 ) Radcliffe describes this process as similar to that by which we develop tastes for certain things that might ini- tially be unappealing to us ...
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... motivate us to improve . Radcliffe builds this point from Hume's observation that we can come to hate ourselves for lacking certain virtuous motives that we see commonly in others , and that this discom- fort can motivate us to try to ...
... motivate us to improve . Radcliffe builds this point from Hume's observation that we can come to hate ourselves for lacking certain virtuous motives that we see commonly in others , and that this discom- fort can motivate us to try to ...
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... motivate a change ? Here , Radcliffe appeals to the negative feelings , mentioned in the pre- vious section , that we feel about ourselves when we fail to measure up to those around us . These feelings could then provide us motivation ...
... motivate a change ? Here , Radcliffe appeals to the negative feelings , mentioned in the pre- vious section , that we feel about ourselves when we fail to measure up to those around us . These feelings could then provide us motivation ...
Contenido
The Ethics of Style and Attitude | 13 |
Literature and Ethics in the Chinese Confucian Tradition | 29 |
Moral Philosophy and Moral Cultivation | 49 |
Moral SelfImprovement | 69 |
SelfCultivation and Relations with Others in Classical Rabbinic Thought | 85 |
Moral Naturalism and the Possibility of Making Ourselves Better | 101 |
SelfDevelopment as an Imperfect Duty | 125 |
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About the Contributors | |
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Moral Cultivation: Essays on the Development of Character and Virtue Brad Wilburn Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Moral Cultivation: Essays on the Development of Character and Virtue Brad Wilburn Vista previa limitada - 2010 |
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