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  • The Virtue of Hope

    Edited by Nancy E. Snow ...
    Series series The Virtues
    What is hope? In the history of western philosophy to the present day, there is tremendous disagreement about the answer to this seemingly simple question. Contemporary philosophical literature on the subject is robust, complex, and full of interesting debates. Whether hope is good or bad, and whether we should focus not on hope, but on hopes, hoping, or hopefulness, as some contemporary ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Understanding Virtue

    Theory and Measurement

    by Jennifer Cole Wright, Michael T. Warren, Nancy E. Snow ...
    The last thirty years have seen a resurgence of interest in virtue among philosophers, psychologists, and educators. Over time, this interdisciplinary conversation has included character cultivation and education, in addition to more abstract, theoretical discussions of virtue. As is often the case when various disciplinary endeavors become entwined, this renewed interest in virtue cultivation ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Virtues, Democracy, and Online Media

    Ethical and Epistemic Issues

    Edited by Nancy E. Snow, Maria Silvia Vaccarezza ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
    This book addresses current threats to citizenship and democratic values posed by the spread of post-truth communication. The contributors apply research on moral, civic, and epistemic virtues to issues involving post-truth culture.The spread of post-truth communication affects ordinary citizens’ commitment to truth and attitudes toward information sources, thereby threatening the promotion of ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Contemporary Virtue Ethics

    by Nancy E. Snow ...
    Series series Elements in Ethics
    This Element provides an overview of the central components of recent work in virtue ethics. The first section explores central themes in neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics, while the second turns the discussion to major alternative theoretical perspectives. The third section focuses on two challenges to virtue ethics. The first challenge is the self-centeredness or egoism objection, which is the ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Developing the Virtues

    Integrating Perspectives

    Edited by Julia Annas, Darcia Narvaez, Nancy E. Snow ...
    Ethicists and psychologists have become increasingly interested in the development of virtue in recent years, approaching the topic from the perspectives of virtue ethics and developmental psychology respectively. Such interest in virtue development has spread beyond academia, as teachers and parents have increasingly striven to cultivate virtue as part of education and child-rearing. Looking at ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Self, Motivation, and Virtue

    Innovative Interdisciplinary Research

    Edited by Nancy E. Snow, Darcia Narvaez ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
    This volume features new findings by nine interdisciplinary teams of researchers on the topics of self, motivation, and virtue. Nine chapters bringing together scholars from the fields of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and sociology advance our substantive understanding of these important topics, and showcase a variety of research methods of interdisciplinary interest.Essays on Buddhism and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness

    Edited by Nancy E. Snow, Franco V. Trivigno ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
    Since ancient times, character, virtue, and happiness have been central to thinking about how to live well. Yet until recently, philosophers have thought about these topics in an empirical vacuum. Taking up the general challenge of situationism – that philosophers should pay attention to empirical psychology – this interdisciplinary volume presents new essays from empirically informed perspectives ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Virtue

    Edited by Nancy E. Snow ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries have seen a renaissance in the study of virtue -- a topic that has prevailed in philosophical work since the time of Aristotle. Several major developments have conspired to mark this new age. Foremost among them, some argue, is the birth of virtue ethics, an approach to ethics that focuses on virtue in place of consequentialism (the view that ... Read more

    $165.59 USD

  • Virtue as Social Intelligence

    An Empirically Grounded Theory

    by Nancy E. Snow ...
    Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Empirically Grounded Theory takes on the claims of philosophical situationism, the ethical theory that is skeptical about the possibility of human virtue. Influenced by social psychological studies, philosophical situationists argue that human personality is too fluid and fragmented to support a stable set of virtues. They claim that virtue cannot be grounded in ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Self, Civic Virtue, and Public Life

    Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Edited by Nancy E. Snow ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
    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 ... Read more

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  • Good Education in an Age of Measurement

    Ethics, Politics, Democracy

    by Gert J. J. Biesta ...
    The widespread use of the measurement of educational outcomes in order to compare the performance of education within and across countries seems to express a real concern for the quality of education. This book argues that the focus on the measurement of educational outcomes has actually displaced questions about educational purpose. Biesta explores why the question as to what constitutes good ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Why Worry About Future Generations?

    by Samuel Scheffler ...
    Series series Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics
    The things we do today may make life worse for future generations. But why should we care what happens to people who won't be born until after all of us are gone? Some philosophers have treated this as a question about our moral responsibilities, and have argued that we have duties of beneficence to promote the well-being of our descendants. Rather than focusing exclusively on issues of moral ... Read more

    $18.99 USD