The theory and practice of virtue / Gilbert C. Meilaender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meilaender, Gilbert, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtue.

Physical Description:

xi, 191 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [1984]

Summary:

Many students of philosophical and theological ethics have recently experienced a renewed interest in what may be called an ethic of virtue. Such an ethic focuses less on the concept of duty--or doing--and more on being. Central to an ethic of virtue is a division of moral life that emphasizes character and character development or moral education. The Theory and Practice of Virtue presents a series of connected essays--drawing on the thoughts of such diverse figures as Josef Pieper, Plato Lawrence Kohlberg, and Martin Luther--which explore theories of virtue and the practical task of being virtuous. Meilaender follows his consideration of the conceptual difficulties of moral education with a discussion of the practical problems and dangers of attempting to teach virtue, and more generally, of the problems of observing an ethic which emphasizes virtue within a theology that emphasizes grace. Chapters devoted to particular virtues and vices--the vice of curiosity and the virtue of gratitude--explicitly illustrate the book's central thematic concerns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0268018529 :

OCLC:

10727370