An ancient question asks what role moral formation ought to play in
education. It leads to such questions as, do intellectual and moral
formation belong together? Is it possible to form the mind and
neglect the heart? Is it wise? These perennial questions take on
new significance today, when education-especially, higher
education-has become a defining feature in the lives of young
people. Throughout his more than 40 years in academia, John Garvey
has reflected on the relationship between intellectual and moral
formation, especially in Catholic higher education. For 12 years as
the President of The Catholic University of America, he made the
cultivation of moral virtue a central theme on campus, highlighting
its significance across all aspects of University culture, from
University policy to campus architecture. During his two decades of
presiding at commencement exercises, first as Dean of Boston
College Law School and then as President of The Catholic University
of America, Garvey made a single virtue the centerpiece of his
remarks each year. The Virtues is the fruit of those addresses.
More reflective than analytical, its purpose is to invite
conversation about what it means to live well. Following Catholic
tradition, The Virtues places the theological virtues of faith,
hope, and love at the center of the moral life, and the cardinal
virtues-justice, temperance, fortitude, and prudence-with them.
Alongside these major virtues, Garvey considers a collection of
"little virtues," habits that assist and accompany us in small but
important ways on the path to goodness. Though he treats each
virtue individually, a common thread unites his reflections. "The
intellectual life depends on the moral life," Garvey writes.
"Without virtue we cannot sustain the practices necessary for
advanced learning. In fact, without virtue, it's hard to see what
the purpose of the university is. Learning begins with love (for
the truth). If we don't have that, it's hard to know why we would
bother with education at all." The Virtues invites its readers,
especially students, to appreciate that the cultivation of virtue
is indispensable to success, academic or otherwise, and more
importantly, essential to their ultimate aim, a life well lived.
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