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Virtue : an introduction to theory and practice / Olli-Pekka Vainio.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cascade companions ; 29.Publisher: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 124 pages .)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498237512
  • 1498237517
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Virtue.DDC classification:
  • 179/.9 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1521 .V35 2016
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
What is virtue? -- The history of virtues -- Virtues and vices -- Applications of virtues.
Summary: Since the 1960s, the virtues have been making a comeback in various fields of study. This book offers an overview of the history of virtues from Plato to Nietzsche, discusses the philosophy and psychology of virtues, and analyzes different applications of virtue in epistemology, positive psychology, ethics, and politics. (Publisher).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124).

What is virtue? -- The history of virtues -- Virtues and vices -- Applications of virtues.

Since the 1960s, the virtues have been making a comeback in various fields of study. This book offers an overview of the history of virtues from Plato to Nietzsche, discusses the philosophy and psychology of virtues, and analyzes different applications of virtue in epistemology, positive psychology, ethics, and politics. (Publisher).

Print version record.