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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... sort of case un- der Wilburn's categories of practical and affective improvement . The child help- ing the parent should have the proper feelings , and the performance of the help- ing action might be described in a precise enough way ...
... sort of case un- der Wilburn's categories of practical and affective improvement . The child help- ing the parent should have the proper feelings , and the performance of the help- ing action might be described in a precise enough way ...
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... sort of habituation process . Similarly , in his discussion of the practical as- pect of moral improvement , Wilburn describes various ways in which we might try to get ourselves to act properly even though we do not yet have the set of ...
... sort of habituation process . Similarly , in his discussion of the practical as- pect of moral improvement , Wilburn describes various ways in which we might try to get ourselves to act properly even though we do not yet have the set of ...
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... sort of example that often gets used in moral philosophy to pump our intuitions in support of one theory or another . A self - enclosed situation with a clear set of alternatives , each of which has clear repercussions , is set out and ...
... sort of example that often gets used in moral philosophy to pump our intuitions in support of one theory or another . A self - enclosed situation with a clear set of alternatives , each of which has clear repercussions , is set out and ...
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... sort of connection . He raises questions about whether we have a duty to improve ourselves , what grounds this duty , and what shape it has , and he argues that Kant provides the right answers to these questions . In grounding this duty ...
... sort of connection . He raises questions about whether we have a duty to improve ourselves , what grounds this duty , and what shape it has , and he argues that Kant provides the right answers to these questions . In grounding this duty ...
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... sort of mechanisms of change , consistent with Humean naturalism , can be ap- pealed to ? Radcliffe's solution here is to suggest that we can employ tactics on ourselves that parallel tactics that others use on us to affect our behavior ...
... sort of mechanisms of change , consistent with Humean naturalism , can be ap- pealed to ? Radcliffe's solution here is to suggest that we can employ tactics on ourselves that parallel tactics that others use on us to affect our behavior ...
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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