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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... various features of ourselves that we might need to culti- vate ? How do these projects of cultivation get carried out ? How can we engage in these projects successfully ? What methods of cultivation can we apply ? Se- condly , we can ...
... various features of ourselves that we might need to culti- vate ? How do these projects of cultivation get carried out ? How can we engage in these projects successfully ? What methods of cultivation can we apply ? Se- condly , we can ...
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... various essays in this volume , concerns what Wilburn labels the cognitive aspect of improvement . Because moral experience is rich , complex , and highly nuanced , moral understanding must reflect this richness . By extension , our con ...
... various essays in this volume , concerns what Wilburn labels the cognitive aspect of improvement . Because moral experience is rich , complex , and highly nuanced , moral understanding must reflect this richness . By extension , our con ...
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... various essays in this vol- ume are : habituation , the reading of literature , and the use of role models . Also , several of these essays grapple with the limitations that various methods of im- provement bring . Aristotle famously ...
... various essays in this vol- ume are : habituation , the reading of literature , and the use of role models . Also , several of these essays grapple with the limitations that various methods of im- provement bring . Aristotle famously ...
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... various ways in which we might try to get ourselves to act properly even though we do not yet have the set of motivations that constitute the virtue in question . This process , claims Radcliffe , calls for further elucidation : " we ...
... various ways in which we might try to get ourselves to act properly even though we do not yet have the set of motivations that constitute the virtue in question . This process , claims Radcliffe , calls for further elucidation : " we ...
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... various essay in this volume . One such feature is " the detail and richness of the descriptions that literature offers . " ( Ivanhoe , 31 ) For instance , Ivanhoe writes , " Only such broad , textured , and nuanced accounts can provide ...
... various essay in this volume . One such feature is " the detail and richness of the descriptions that literature offers . " ( Ivanhoe , 31 ) For instance , Ivanhoe writes , " Only such broad , textured , and nuanced accounts can provide ...
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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