Can Virtue Be Taught?

Barbara Darling-Smith (Edited by)

9780268007997

Hardback, published 15 January 2022

240 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.408 kg

"Can Virtue Be Taught? deserves a place not only in libraries and on the 'to be read' shelf of scholars of ethics and virtue, but also could serve well as a classroom text in a variety of education, philosophy, theology, anthropology, and ethical settings. It's a meaty, but accessible volume." —The Catholic World

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 highly regarded thinkers in the fields of theology, philosophy, and anthropology, which address the question: Can virtue be taught? Collectively these 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.