Developing Virtue and Rehabilitating Vice: Worries about Self-Cultivation and Self-Reform

Autor/in	Battaly, Heather
Titel	Developing Virtue and Rehabilitating Vice: Worries about Self-Cultivation and Self-Reform
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 45 (2016) 2, S.207-222 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2016.1195732
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Moral Development; Behavior Change; Attitude Change; Self Concept; Rehabilitation; Philosophy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Moralische Entwicklung; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Selbstkonzept; Philosophie
Abstract	Aristotelian virtue theorists have emphasized the role of the self in developing virtue and in rehabilitating vice. But this article argues that, as Aristotelians, we have placed too much emphasis on self-cultivation and self-reform. Self-cultivation is not required for developing virtue or vice. Nor will "sophia"-inspired self-reform jumpstart change in the vicious person. In each case, the external environment has an important role to play. One can unwittingly acquire virtues or vices from one's environment. Likewise, a well-designed environment may be the key ingredient for jumpstarting change in the vicious person. Self-cultivation and late-stage self-reform are not ruled out, but the role of the self in character development and rehabilitation is not as exalted as we might have thought. (As Provided).
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