Moral Cultivation: Essays on the Development of Character and VirtueBrad K. Wilburn Lexington Books, 2007 - 159 Seiten 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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... rationality , etiquette , or morality , be- cause we do not always do what we should and because we can do better . Norm- ative language would lose much of its point if we were already perfect or if we were incapable of doing better ...
... rationality , etiquette , or morality , be- cause we do not always do what we should and because we can do better . Norm- ative language would lose much of its point if we were already perfect or if we were incapable of doing better ...
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... rational life plan . These choices must fit together in a coherent way . Once again , getting an adequate moral handle on our choices re- quires taking a narrative perspective on those choices . Schofer builds his essay around a ...
... rational life plan . These choices must fit together in a coherent way . Once again , getting an adequate moral handle on our choices re- quires taking a narrative perspective on those choices . Schofer builds his essay around a ...
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... rational life plan . So , for instance , the person who develops randomly , without rhyme or reason , fails to fulfill the duty . ( Johnson , 143 ) To meet this demand , we will take our particular talents into account.10 ( Johnson ...
... rational life plan . So , for instance , the person who develops randomly , without rhyme or reason , fails to fulfill the duty . ( Johnson , 143 ) To meet this demand , we will take our particular talents into account.10 ( Johnson ...
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... rational life plan is crucial to Kant's account , as Johnson makes clear . This notion gives shape to the Kantian duty , and involves a concern with one's life as a whole . Finally , as Johnson points out , the claim he is defending ...
... rational life plan is crucial to Kant's account , as Johnson makes clear . This notion gives shape to the Kantian duty , and involves a concern with one's life as a whole . Finally , as Johnson points out , the claim he is defending ...
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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 Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2007 |
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