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Author | : Mark Alfano |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2013-02-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1139620096 |
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Everyone wants to be virtuous, but recent psychological investigations suggest that this may not be possible. Mark Alfano challenges this theory and asks, not whether character is empirically adequate, but what characters human beings could have and develop. Although psychology suggests that most people do not have robust character traits such as courage, honesty and open-mindedness, Alfano argues that we have reason to attribute these virtues to people because such attributions function as self-fulfilling prophecies - children become more studious if they are told that they are hard-working and adults become more generous if they are told that they are generous. He argues that we should think of virtue and character as social constructs: there is no such thing as virtue without social reinforcement. His original and provocative book will interest a wide range of readers in contemporary ethics, epistemology, moral psychology and empirically informed philosophy.
Author | : Mark Alfano |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : SELF-HELP |
ISBN | : 9781139625678 |
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This provocative contribution to ethics and epistemology argues that virtue attributions are self-fulfilling prophecies.
Author | : William Kilpatrick |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1994-11 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0671884239 |
Download Books That Build Character Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
William Kilpatrick's recent book Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong convinced thousands that reading is one of the most effective ways to combat moral illiteracy and build a child's character. This follow-up book--featuring evaluations of more than 300 books for children--will help parents and teachers put his key ideas into practice.
Author | : Garry Hagberg |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0198715714 |
Download Fictional Characters, Real Problems Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
These new essays explore central aspects of the ethical content of literature: character, its formation, and its role in moral discernment; poetic vision in the context of ethical understanding; self-identity and self-understanding; literature's role in moral growth and change; and the historical background of the ethical dimension of literature.
Author | : Christian B. Miller |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0199674361 |
Download Character and Moral Psychology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Christian Miller explores ethical implications of his new theory of character, which holds that our characters are made up of mixed traits with some morally positive and some morally negative aspects. He examines whether judgements of character are systematically erroneous, and assesses the challenge to virtue ethics from scepticism about virtue.
Author | : Mark Alfano |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2013-02-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107026725 |
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This provocative contribution to ethics and epistemology argues that virtue attributions are self-fulfilling prophecies.
Author | : Robert Coles |
Publisher | : HMH |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2014-12-09 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0547524595 |
Download The Call of Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Children of Crisis, a profound examination of how listening to stories promotes learning and self-discovery. As a professor emeritus at Harvard University, a renowned child psychiatrist, and the author of more than forty books, including The Moral Intelligence of Children, Robert Coles knows better than anyone the transformative power of learning and literature on young minds. In this “persuasive” book (The New York Times Book Review), Coles convenes a virtual symposium of college, law, and medical school students to explore the phenomenon of storytelling as a source of values and character. Here are transcriptions of classroom conversations in which Coles and his students discuss the impact of particular works of literature on their moral development. Here also are Coles’s intimate personal reflections on his experiences in the civil rights movement, his child psychiatry practice, and his interactions with his own literary mentors including William Carlos Williams and L.E. Sissman. The life lessons learned from these stories are of special resonance to doctors and teachers looking to apply them in classroom and clinical environments. The rare public intellectual to be honored with a MacArthur Award, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a National Humanities Medal, Robert Coles is a true national treasure, and The Call of Stories is, in the words of National Book Award winner Walker Percy, “Coles at his wisest and best.”
Author | : John Gardner |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-04-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1480409219 |
Download On Moral Fiction Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“Fearless, illuminating” criticism from a New York Times–bestselling author and legendary teacher, “proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial” (Los Angeles Times). Novelist John Gardner’s thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: “True art is by its nature moral.” It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in life and in art. Since the book’s first publication, the passion behind Gardner’s assertion has both provoked and inspired readers. In examining the work of his peers, Gardner analyzes what has gone wrong, in his view, in modern art and literature, and how shortcomings in artistic criticism have contributed to the problem. He develops his argument by showing how artists and critics can reintroduce morality and substance to their work to improve society and cultivate our morality. On Moral Fiction is an essential read in which Gardner presents his thoughtfully developed criteria for the elements he believes are essential to art and its creation. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.
Author | : Stanley D. Williams |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
Download The Moral Premise Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
'The Moral Premise: Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success' reveals the foundational concept at the heart of all successful box office movies and other stories. It is a principle that has been passed down from ancient times. It is a principle that modern research has shown is in all great stories that connect with audiences. If you ignore this principle, your story is doomed. But if you consistently apply it to each character, scene, and dramatic beat, it is the principle that will empower your storytelling, and illuminate all the other techniques you bring to the craft. It is the guiding principle of writing that allows films and all stories to be great.
Author | : Tim Martin |
Publisher | : FriesenPress |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1525562797 |
Download Moral Hazards Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
IN WAR RIGHT CAN GO WRONG AND SOMETIMES WRONG IS THE ONLY RIGHT THING LEFT TO DO. Anik is a rookie human rights lawyer with a mission to make rape as a weapon of war recognized as a crime against humanity. After she is humiliated by the loss of a high-profile case against a Nazi war criminal who had been hiding out in Canada, she looks for redemption in the world’s largest refugee camp, Dadaab. Against the backdrop of a devastating African civil war, women refugees provide evidence to Anik that atrocities are happening where a UN peacekeeping operation has been deployed. Together with Omar, a renegade politician, Anik embarks on a quest for justice that takes her into deadly conflict with an ambitious UN general and a vicious warlord.