Title
From personality to virtue [electronic resource] : essays on the philosophy of character / edited by Alberto Masala and Jonathan Webber.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191809088 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198746812 doi
Call Number
BF698 .F745 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
155.23
Summary
The idea that people have persisting character traits that explain their behaviour is woven throughout the fabric of our culture. These philosophical essays clarify this idea of character, analyse its relation with the findings of experimental psychology, and draw out the implications of this for education and criminal punishment. They bring together a range of issues in contemporary philosophy, including the nature of agency, the modelling of behavioural cognition, the ethical implications of personal necessity, moral responsibility for implicit bias, the prospects for character education and the nature of rightful criminal punishment. The essays emphasise that character is inherently dynamic, and emphasise the close integration of character with the individual's social context.
Note
The idea that people have persisting character traits that explain their behaviour is woven throughout the fabric of our culture. These philosophical essays clarify this idea of character, analyse its relation with the findings of experimental psychology, and draw out the implications of this for education and criminal punishment. They bring together a range of issues in contemporary philosophy, including the nature of agency, the modelling of behavioural cognition, the ethical implications of personal necessity, moral responsibility for implicit bias, the prospects for character education and the nature of rightful criminal punishment. The essays emphasise that character is inherently dynamic, and emphasise the close integration of character with the individual's social context.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 17, 2016).
Character, punishment, and the liberal order / Jonathan Jacobs
Virtue ethics and criminal punishment / Katrina L. Sifferd
Character, will, and agency / Roman Altshuler
Practical necessity and personality / Katharina Bauer
Implicit bias, character, and control / Jules Holroyd and Daniel Kelly
Instilling virtue / Jonathan Webber
Does the CAPS model improve our understanding of personality and character? / Christian B. Miller
Friendship and the structure of trust / Mark Alfano
The psychology of virtue education / Nafsika Athanassoulis
Mastering wisdom / Alberto Masala.
