Virtue and the moral life : theological and philosophical perspectives / edited by William Werpehowski and Kathryn Getek Soltis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Werpehowski, William, editor.

Soltis, Kathryn Getek, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtue.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; London, England : Lexington Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Virtue and the Moral Life</span><span> brings together distinguished philosophers and theologians with younger scholars of consummate promise to produce ten essays that engage both academics and students of ethics. This collection explores the role virtues play in identifying the good life and the good society.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Preface; I: Why Virtue?; 1 Seven Reasons for Doing Virtue Ethics Today; 2 Augustine and the Liturgical Pedagogy of Virtue; II: Virtue, Conscience, and Public Life; 3 Historical Accountability and the Virtue of Civic Integrity; 4 Moral Grief and Reflective Virtue; III: Virtue, Children, and the Family; 5 Children, Virtue Ethics, and Consumer Culture; 6 Passing on the Faith in an Era of Rising "Nones"; IV: Virtue and Moral Failure; 7 Sin, Sickness, and Transgression; 8 Making More Space for Moral Failure; V: Virtue and the Challenge of Otherness

9 Distinguishing Humility and Justice in Christian and Islamic Virtue10 Human Corruption and the Possibility of Love; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9452-6

0-7391-8232-3

OCLC:

884725853