For centuries human beings have asked questions about what it is to be virtuous and how to teach goodness to the next generation. This volume contains 11 essays, written by highly regarded thinkers in the fields of theology, philosophy, and anthropology, which address the question: Can virtue be taught? Collectively these essays illuminate our current national dilemma over the problematic role of moral education in a pluralistic society; in addition they illustrate the positive role diversity plays in any discussion of virtues and education in our interdependent global community.

Contributors: Huston Smith, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, Bhikhu Parekh, Elizabeth Kamarck Minnich, Frederick J. Streng, Katherine Platt, Ninian Smart, Leroy S. Rouner, Robert Cummings Neville Sharon Daloz Parks, and George Rupp.

About the Author

Barbara Darling-Smith is Assistant Professor of Religion at Wheaton College, Norton, MA, and was the Assistant Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. She is the author of the book Lord? Liberator? Friend?: Feminist Understandings of Jesus.

Reviews

"Can Virtue Be Taught? deserves a place not only in libraries and on the 'to be read' shelf of scholars of ethics and virtue, but also could serve well as a classroom text in a variety of education, philosophy, theology, anthropology, and ethical settings. It's a meaty, but accessible volume." -The Catholic World

Book Information
ISBN 9780268007997
Author Barbara Darling-Smith
Format Hardback
Page Count 240
Imprint University of Notre Dame Press
Publisher University of Notre Dame Press
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm