Education as Soulcraft: Exemplary Intellectual Practice and the Cardinal Virtues
Gilbert Meilaender argues that universities should eschew efforts to improve students’ moral character. I show that Meilaender’s arguments fail to offer any cogent reason for shunning university-based moral education. I then look to Thomas Aquinas in order to explain the connection between moral vir...
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Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Sage
2010
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Studies in Christian ethics
Έτος: 2010, Τόμος: 23, Τεύχος: 3, Σελίδες: 249-266 |
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Gilbert Meilaender
B intellectual practice B Thomas Aquinas B Moral Education B Cardinal virtues |
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Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή
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Σύνοψη: | Gilbert Meilaender argues that universities should eschew efforts to improve students’ moral character. I show that Meilaender’s arguments fail to offer any cogent reason for shunning university-based moral education. I then look to Thomas Aquinas in order to explain the connection between moral virtue and the practices common in university life. Using Aquinas as a guide, I argue that exemplary intellectual practice requires virtues that are subsidiary habits of the cardinal moral virtues themselves. The implication of this argument is as follows: students require scrupulous moral training if they are to engage in exemplary intellectual practice. |
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ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946810368022 |