The science of virtue : a framework for research / Blaine J. Fowers, Bradford Cokelet, and Nathan D. Leonhardt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowers, Blaine J., 1956- author.

Cokelet, Bradford, 1973- author.

Leonhardt, Nathan D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 384 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Integrating psychological and philosophical perspectives, this book provides a conceptually rich, real-world program for virtue science. It offers numerous empirically testable hypotheses to inspire future research among scholars and students studying virtues, drawing on positive, personality, and developmental psychology, and moral philosophy"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Study Moral Virtue?

Five Reasons for Empirical Virtue Research

Humans as Moral Animals

Can Moral Behavior Be Understood in Terms of Acquired Traits?

Psychologically Realistic Virtues

The Value of Moral Education

Virtues as a Pathway to a Good Life

The Primary Challenges for a Science of Virtue

The Absence of Empirically Oriented Virtue Theory

The Overreliance on Simple Survey Designs in Psychology

Virtue Skeptics

Organizing Virtue Science

Part I Philosophical Resources and Prospects

Chapter 1 Virtue Theory

Virtues as Traits

Trait Consistency and Variability

Within-Person Variability

Virtues and Personality Traits

Virtues as Acquired Traits

Virtues in Cultural Context

Virtues and Their Components 1: Behavioral Patterns

Virtues and Their Components 2: Intentional, Intelligent Agency

Virtues and Their Components 3: Emotion, and Motivational Concordance

Virtues and Their Components 4: Practical Wisdom

The Constitutive Function

The Integrative Function

Virtue and the Good Life: A Potentially Orienting Hypothesis for Virtue Science

Conclusion

Chapter 2 A Philosophically Informed Virtue Science

How Moral Philosophy Transcends the Concerns of Virtue Science

How Philosophy Can Enrich Virtue Science

Reason, Emotion, and Developmental Pathways to the Moral Virtues

The Moral Virtues and Personal Good

Conceptual Analysis and the Moral Virtues

Summary

Part II Psychological Resources and Prospects

Chapter 3 Toward Reconciling the Fragmentation of Virtue Science

A History of Virtue Science

Early Empirical Disappointments and Their Reinterpretation

From Character to Personality

Positive Psychology and the Reemergence of Virtue in Psychology

The Sources of Virtue Research Fragmentation in Positive Psychology

Insufficiency of Virtue Theory

The Diagnostic Scheme

Ambivalence about Values

Beyond Positive Psychology

Promising Research Alternatives

Beginnings of Empirically Oriented Virtue Theorizing

Research Simultaneously Examining Multiple Virtues

Absence of Theory in Gratitude Research

Chapter 4 Moral Development and Virtue

Preconditions for Moral Development

Agency in Moral Development

Children's Interest in Collective Welfare

Collective Identity

Collective Intentionality

Children's Interest in Normativity

What Specific Topics in Moral Development Can Explain Virtue Development?

Scalar Assessment of Moral Development

A Focus on Behavior in Moral Development

Traits in Moral Development

Moral Identity

Moral Emotions

Moral Exemplars

Character Strength Development

Fruitful Questions Raised by Virtue Theory about Moral Development

Summary

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jan 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781108788106

1108788106

9781108808798

1108808794

9781108779968

1108779964