Character [electronic resource] : new directions from philosophy, psychology, and theology / edited by Christian B. Miller, R. Michael Furr, Angela Knobel, and William Fleeson.

Part I. Overview of the Study of Character in Philosophy and Psychology
Some Foundational Questions in Philosophy about Character - Personality Science and the Foundations of Character
Part II. Beliefs about Character
Lay Beliefs in True Altruism versus Universal Egoism
Understanding the Importance and Perceived Structure of Moral Character
Part III. The Existence and Nature of Character
Moving Character beyond the Person-Situation Debate: The Stable and Dynamic Nature of Virtues in Everyday Life
Character Traits in the Workplace: A Three-Month Diary Study of Moral and Immoral Organizational Behaviors
The Mixed Trait Model of Character Traits and the Moral Domains of Resource Distribution and Theft
Emotion and Character
Part IV. Character and Ethical Theory
Taking Moral Risks and Becoming Virtuous
Dispositions, Character, and the Value of Acts
Exemplarism and Admiration
Part V. Virtue Epistemology
People Listen to People Who Listen: Instilling Virtues of Deference
"Why Can't We Be Friends?": Reflections on Empirical Psychology and Virtue Epistemology
From Virtue Epistemology to Abilism: Theoretical and Empirical Developments
Part VI. Particular Virtues
Christian Humility as a Social Virtue
A Different Kind of Wisdom
Bearing Burdens and the Character of God in the Hebrew Bible
Domain Specificity in Self-Control
Can Text Messages Make People Kinder.

Part VII. Character Development
The Emergence of Moral Character in Infancy: Developmental Changes and Individual Differences in Fairness Concerns and Prosocial Behavior during the First Two Years of Life
Character Development in the School Years: Relations among Theory of Mind, Moral Identity, and Positive and Negative Behavior toward Peers
Character across Early Emerging Adulthood: Character Traits, Character Strivings, and Moral Self-Attributes
Etiquette and Exemplarity in Judaism
Christian Character Formation and the Infusion of Grace
Necessity and Human Agency: Cultivating Character in the Reformed Christian Tradition
Liturgy and the Moral Life
Cultivating Virtues through Sartorial Practices: The Case of the Islamic Veil in Indonesia
Part VIII. Challenges to Character and Virtue from Neuroscience and Situationism
Character Traits and the Neuroscience of Social Behavior
Character and Coherence: Testing the Stability of Naturalistically Observed Daily Moral Behavior
Taking Evil into the Lab: Exploring the Frontiers of Morality and Individual Differences.