The Theory and Practice of Virtue Education (Routledge Research in Character

List of Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: Philosophical and theoretical foundations for educating the virtues

Chapter 1: Ancient Roads to Knowledge of Virtue: The Greek Philosophical Legacy

David Carr

Chapter 2: Healing Character Flaws

Howard Curzer

Chapter 3: Moral Growth: A Thomistic Account

John Hacker-Wright

Chapter 4: Stoicism Today: An alternative approach to cultivating the virtues

Christopher Gill

Chapter 5: Akrasia as a character trait: An obstacle for moral development

Paulien Snellen

Chapter 6: From `ordinary¿ virtue to Aristotelian virtue

Nancy E. Snow

Part II: Theoretical and practical approaches for educating the virtues

Chapter 7: Plato on Dialogue as a Method for Cultivating the Virtues

Mark E. Jonas

Chapter 8: Assumptions and Doctrines that Thwart the Cultivation of Virtues in Teacher Education

Elizabeth Campbell

Chapter 9: Moral agency as teaching morally and teaching morality: A practical approach to moral education

Gillian R. Rosenberg

Chapter 10: The link between fiction and empathy as a trait of moral character: A pedagogical legend?

Bruce Maxwell

Chapter 11: Manners and the Moral Life

David McPherson

Chapter 12: Policy-led Virtue Cultivation: Can we nudge citizens towards developing virtues?

Fay Niker

Part III: Educating specific virtues

Chapter 13: The Nature and Nurture of Patriotic Virtue

Randall Curren and Charles Dorn

Chapter 14: Aristotelian Philia, Contemporary Friendship, and Some Resources for Studying Close Relationships

Blaine J. Fowers & Austen R. Anderson

Chapter 15: Can Gratitude Be Cultivated?

Terrance McConnell

Chapter 16: Courage in the Classroom

Candace Vogler

Conclusion