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Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover, 0)
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Virtue Ethics and Education from Late Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover, 0)
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This book argues that pre-modern societies were characterized by a
common quest for human flourishing or excellence, i.e. virtue. The
history of virtue is a particularly fruitful approach when studying
pre-modern periods. Systems of moral philosophy and more day-to-day
moral ideas and practices in which virtue was central were
incredibly important in pre-modern societies within and among
diverse scholarly, literary, religious and social communities.
Virtue was a cornerstone of pre-modern societies, permeating
society in many different ways, and on many different levels, and
it was conveyed in erudite and pedagogical texts, ritual,
performance and images. The construction of virtues such as wisdom,
courage, and justice helped shape identities and communities, but
also served to legitimize and reinforce differences pertaining to
gender, social hierarchies, and nations. On a more fundamental
level, studying the history of virtue helps us understand the
guiding principles of historical action. Thus, we believe that the
history of virtue is central to understanding these societies, and
that the history of virtue, including criticisms of virtue and
virtue ethics, tells us important things about how men and women
thought and acted in ages past.
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