Publication Date:
2024-04-03
Description:
This volume showcases new and interesting ways in which the possession of civic virtues can contribute to people’s abilities to engage in public life in meaningful ways. What is the role of civic virtues in public life? How does possessing civic virtues affect persons and their capacities for participation in the public order? The chapters in this volume combine philosophical and empirically informed work to show how civic virtues can be informed by larger virtue ethical perspectives. The first two chapters discuss virtues of individuals that have not received significant empirical attention—authenticity and wisdom and psychological resilience. The next two chapters address education and the ways in which civic virtues can help us to better serve schoolchildren who are socially and economically disadvantaged, as well as to broaden students’ horizons with respect to character and sustainability education. The final four chapters explore the roles for virtues within various political and public realms. They offer perspectives on how virtues affect contentious politics in democratic societies, and study virtues in contexts in which democracy has been stifled or torn apart by war. Together, the chapters highlight the ever-widening impact of the virtues on our lives and in society. The Self, Civic Virtue, and Public Life will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in ethics, political philosophy, psychology, and philosophy of education. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license.
Keywords:
Nancy Snow
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virtue ethics
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civic virtue
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public life
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political philosophy
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incivility
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civic education
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authenticity
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citizenship
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resilience
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wisdom
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flourishing
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identification
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intellectual dependability
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personal liberty
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tolerance
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respect
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autonomy
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agency
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character education
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pluralism
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contentious monuments
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polarization
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hostility
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oppression
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forgiveness
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMA Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMH Social, group or collective psychology
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTS Social and political philosophy
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTM Philosophy of mind
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education::JNAM Moral and social purpose of education
Language:
English
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