Connecting virtues : advances in ethics, epistemology, and political philosophy

Title:

Author:

Croce, Michel, 1988- editor.

ISBN:

9781119525745

9781119525691

9781119525660

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Series:

Metaphilosophy series in philosophy

General Note:

"First published as Metaphilosophy volume 49, no. 3 (April 2018)."

Contents:

Utrum sit una tantum vera enumeratio virtutum moralium / Sophie Grace Chappell -- Generosity : a preliminary account of a surprisingly neglected virtue / Christian B. Miller -- An eye on particulars with the end in sight : an account of Aristotelian phronesis / Maria Silvia Vaccarezza -- Honesty as a virtue / Alan T. Wilson -- Virtue epistemology, enhancement, and control / J. Adam Carter -- Epistemic paternalism and the service conception of epistemic authority / Michel Croce -- Neuromedia and the epistemology of education / Duncan Pritchard -- Epistemic vice and motivation / Alessandra Tanesini -- Senses of humor as political virtues / Phillip Deen -- Citizens' political prudence as a democratic virtue / Valeria Ottonelli -- Hope as a democratic civic virtue / Nancy E. Snow.

Abstract:

Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy.-Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues -Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy -Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education -Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Virtues.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Political science -- Philosophy.

Vertus.

Théorie de la connaissance.

epistemology.

PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.

Political.

PHILOSOPHY.