Baehr, J. (2016). Is intellectual character growth a realistic educational aim? Journal of Moral Education, (45)2, 117-131. Abstract: Responsibilist approaches to virtue epistemology examine the epistemic significance of intellectual virtues like curiosity, attentiveness, intellectual humility, open-mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual tenacity. On one way of thinking about these traits, they are the deep personal qualities […]
Annas, J. (2016) Minimal virtue. The Monist, (99)2, 97-111.
Annas, J. (2016) Minimal virtue. The Monist, (99)2, 97-111. Abstract: Accounts of virtue can be divided along a continuum between the robust and the minimal. The more robust an account of virtue is, the more psychological requirements it places on the possession of virtue; the most minimal account places the barest of psychological requirements on […]
Annas, J. (2015). Virtue, skill and vice. Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, (17)2, 94-106.
Annas, J. (2015). Virtue, skill and vice. Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics, (17)2, 94-106. (PDF) Abstract: It is widely accepted among philosophers and developmental psychologists that the acquisition of a virtue of an Aristotelian type can be illuminated by the acquisition of a practical skill. This model does not seem to fit the […]