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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... requires a sense of what is salient , " he writes , " And typically there will be an immediate awareness that some things are salient and others are not . " ( Kupperman , 18 ) Further , for in- stance , someone with a sympathetic ...
... requires a sense of what is salient , " he writes , " And typically there will be an immediate awareness that some things are salient and others are not . " ( Kupperman , 18 ) Further , for in- stance , someone with a sympathetic ...
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... require of us . ( Prior , 65 ) This theme of the moral significance of a narrative perspective on life is re- flected in different ways in the essays by Kupperman and Johnson . Another lim- itation of philosophical examples giving us ...
... require of us . ( Prior , 65 ) This theme of the moral significance of a narrative perspective on life is re- flected in different ways in the essays by Kupperman and Johnson . Another lim- itation of philosophical examples giving us ...
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... requires practice , practice supported by things such as the guidance of role models , the reading of literature , and even philoso- phy Another example of limitations discussed in these essays is in Schofer's es- say . In addition to ...
... requires practice , practice supported by things such as the guidance of role models , the reading of literature , and even philoso- phy Another example of limitations discussed in these essays is in Schofer's es- say . In addition to ...
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... requires not just contributing to the project in some support capacity . One of the ways we can fall short , argues Johnson , is to be a self - sacrificer who only works to help others improve . To fail to be concerned with our own ...
... requires not just contributing to the project in some support capacity . One of the ways we can fall short , argues Johnson , is to be a self - sacrificer who only works to help others improve . To fail to be concerned with our own ...
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... require us to focus on that at which we are most gifted . 11. For instance , Ivanhoe claims that Confucian thinkers have a much more exten- sive discussion of the challenges involved in using literature for moral cultivation than we see ...
... require us to focus on that at which we are most gifted . 11. For instance , Ivanhoe claims that Confucian thinkers have a much more exten- sive discussion of the challenges involved in using literature for moral cultivation than we see ...
Inhalt
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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