Virtue through Challenge: Moral Development and Self-Transformation

Autor/in	Miller, Alistair
Titel	Virtue through Challenge: Moral Development and Self-Transformation
Quelle	In: Journal of Philosophy of Education, 51 (2017) 4, S.785-800 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-8249
DOI	10.1111/1467-9752.12266
Schlagwörter	Moral Values; Philosophy; Moral Development; Experience; Behavior; Socialization; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Philosophie; Moralische Entwicklung; Erfahrung; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	In this article, I argue that although the Aristotelian ideal of leading a virtuous life for its own sake is admirable, conventional Aristotelian and neo-Aristotelian accounts of how it might be realised are empirically inadequate: Habituation is unlikely to produce "a love of virtue", practical experience cannot then produce practical judgement or phronesis, and Aristotle's conception of a virtuous life excludes all but an idealised elite. Instead, I argue that two conceptually distinct aspects of moral development can be identified: the "Aristotelian" and the "Humean". In the former, the desire to lead a virtuous life for its own sake is produced through certain forms of challenging experience which, by disturbing and decentring the egoistic self, evoke a personal moral transformation. In the latter, the capacity to act well in specific social situations is the outcome of a process of socialisation, first in upbringing and later through initiation into the practices of adult life. Both aspects should be promoted in moral education for together they produce something akin to full virtue in the Aristotelian sense: Practical wisdom and practical judgement--or phronesis. Moreover, "the good life" is best conceived as encompassing a variety of transcendent goods. To live a virtuous life for its own sake constitutes one good or form of human flourishing; but it is not the only one. (As Provided).
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