| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Part I. Overview of the Study of Character in Philosophy and Psychology -- Some Foundational Questions in Philosophy about Character -- Personality Science and the Foundations of Character -- Part II. Beliefs about Character -- Lay Beliefs in True Altruism versus Universal Egoism -- Understanding the Importance and Perceived Structure of Moral Character -- Part III. The Existence and Nature of Character -- Moving Character beyond the Person-Situation Debate: The Stable and Dynamic Nature of Virtues in Everyday Life |
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Character Traits in the Workplace: A Three-Month Diary Study of Moral and Immoral Organizational Behaviors -- The Mixed Trait Model of Character Traits and the Moral Domains of Resource Distribution and Theft -- Emotion and Character -- Part IV. Character and Ethical Theory -- Taking Moral Risks and Becoming Virtuous -- Dispositions, Character, and the Value of Acts -- Exemplarism and Admiration -- Part V. Virtue Epistemology -- People Listen to People Who Listen: Instilling Virtues of Deference |
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"Why Can't We Be Friends?": Reflections on Empirical Psychology and Virtue Epistemology -- From Virtue Epistemology to Abilism: Theoretical and Empirical Developments -- Part VI. Particular Virtues -- Christian Humility as a Social Virtue -- A Different Kind of Wisdom -- Bearing Burdens and the Character of God in the Hebrew Bible -- Domain Specificity in Self-Control -- Can Text Messages Make People Kinder -- Part VII. Character Development |
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The Emergence of Moral Character in Infancy: Developmental Changes and Individual Differences in Fairness Concerns and Prosocial Behavior during the First Two Years of Life -- Character Development in the School Years: Relations among Theory of Mind, Moral Identity, and Positive and Negative Behavior toward Peers -- Character across Early Emerging Adulthood: Character Traits, Character Strivings, and Moral Self-Attributes -- Etiquette and Exemplarity in Judaism -- Christian Character Formation and the Infusion of Grace |
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Necessity and Human Agency: Cultivating Character in the Reformed Christian Tradition -- Liturgy and the Moral Life -- Cultivating Virtues through Sartorial Practices: The Case of the Islamic Veil in Indonesia -- Part VIII. Challenges to Character and Virtue from Neuroscience and Situationism -- Character Traits and the Neuroscience of Social Behavior -- Character and Coherence: Testing the Stability of Naturalistically Observed Daily Moral Behavior -- Taking Evil into the Lab: Exploring the Frontiers of Morality and Individual Differences |
| Summary |
This collection contains some of the best new work being done on the subject of character in philosophy, theology, and psychology. From a virtual reality simulation of the Milgram shock experiments to an understanding of the virtue of modesty in Muslim societies, the 31 chapters significantly advance our understanding of character |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 14, 2015) |
| Subject |
Character.
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Character
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Miller, Christian B., editor
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Furr, R. Michael, editor
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Knobel, Angela, editor
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Fleeson, William, editor
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| ISBN |
9780190204624 |
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0190204621 |
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