Virtue and the moral life : theological and philosophical perspectives /
Virtue and the moral life : theological and philosophical perspectives /
edited by William Werpehowski and Kathryn Getek Soltis.
- 1 online resource (ix, 209 pages)
- Ebsco e-books. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why virtue? Seven reasons for doing virtue ethics today / James F. Keenan, S.J. ; Augustine and the liturgical pedagogy of virtue / Jennifer A. Herdt -- Virtue, conscience, and public life. Historical accountability and the virtue of civic integrity / Margaret Urban Walker ; Moral grief and reflective virtue / Mark A. Wilson -- Virtue, children, and the family. Children, virtue ethics, and consumer culture / Mary M. Doyle Roche ; Passing on the faith in an era of rising "nones" : practicing courage and humility / Julie Hanlon Rubio -- Virtue and moral failure. Sin, sickness, and transgression : medieval perspectives on sin and their significance today / Jean Porter ; Making more space for moral failure / Lisa Tessman -- Virtue and the challenge of otherness. Distinguishing humilty and justice in Christian and Islamic virtue / Jamie Schillinger ; Human corruption and the possibility of love : Dostoevskian ruminations on forgiveness / Edmund N. Santurri.
Virtue and the Moral Life brings together distinguished philosophers and theologians with younger scholars of consummate promise to produce ten essays that engage both academics and students of ethics. This collection explores the role virtues play in identifying the good life and the good society.
English.
9780739182321 (ebook) 0739182323 9780739182321 (electronic) (cloth ; alk. paper) 0739194526 9780739194522
2021675845
Virtue.
Ethics.
Ethics
Vertus.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics.
Virtue.
Electronic books.
BJ1521
179/.9
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Why virtue? Seven reasons for doing virtue ethics today / James F. Keenan, S.J. ; Augustine and the liturgical pedagogy of virtue / Jennifer A. Herdt -- Virtue, conscience, and public life. Historical accountability and the virtue of civic integrity / Margaret Urban Walker ; Moral grief and reflective virtue / Mark A. Wilson -- Virtue, children, and the family. Children, virtue ethics, and consumer culture / Mary M. Doyle Roche ; Passing on the faith in an era of rising "nones" : practicing courage and humility / Julie Hanlon Rubio -- Virtue and moral failure. Sin, sickness, and transgression : medieval perspectives on sin and their significance today / Jean Porter ; Making more space for moral failure / Lisa Tessman -- Virtue and the challenge of otherness. Distinguishing humilty and justice in Christian and Islamic virtue / Jamie Schillinger ; Human corruption and the possibility of love : Dostoevskian ruminations on forgiveness / Edmund N. Santurri.
Virtue and the Moral Life brings together distinguished philosophers and theologians with younger scholars of consummate promise to produce ten essays that engage both academics and students of ethics. This collection explores the role virtues play in identifying the good life and the good society.
English.
9780739182321 (ebook) 0739182323 9780739182321 (electronic) (cloth ; alk. paper) 0739194526 9780739194522
2021675845
Virtue.
Ethics.
Ethics
Vertus.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY--Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Ethics.
Virtue.
Electronic books.
BJ1521
179/.9