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Can Virtue be Taught? (Hardcover)
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Can Virtue be Taught? (Hardcover)
Series: Boston University Studies in Philosophy & Religion, No. 14
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For centuries human beings have asked questions about what it is to
be virtuous and how to teach goodness to the next generation. This
volume contains 11 essays, written by known thinkers in the fields
of theology, philosophy and anthropology, which address the
question: can virtue be taught? Collectively, the essays illuminate
our current national dilemma over the problematic role of moral
education in a pluralistic society; in addition, they illustrate
the positive role diversity plays in any discussion of virtues and
education in our interdependent global community. The first section
of the book challenges the questions and answers of the classical
philosophers, beginning with an essay by Huston Smith, who tackles
the question of whether humans have a capacity for virtue. Amelie
Oksenberg Rorty then examines appropriate aims for education;
Bhikhu Parekh reflects on Jeremy Bentham's description of the
nature of virtue, and Elizabeth Kamarck Minnich presents a feminist
reconsideration of the question of virtue. Frederick J. Streng
begins the next section with an essay on teaching virtues in
different cultures. Katherine Platt examines what it means to be
virtuous in the Kerkennah Islands of Tunisia, and Ninion Smart
explores the centrality of clarity and imagination to Buddhist
ethics. The final section, on contemporary contexts for teaching
virtue, begins with Leroy S. Rouner's essay, which examines three
models of how to teach virtue. Next, Robert Cummings Neville argues
that institutions of higher education have a responsibility to
teach religious learning. Sharon Daloz Parks reports on business
school students' perceptions of their own public accountability,
and George Rupp concludes the volume with an argument that
multicultural education can lead to a strengthened, shored national
identity that is enriched rather than strained by its diversity.
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