Moral Education, Moral Character, and the Virtues

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  • P. T. O' Leary Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v15i1.43891

Résumé

Contrary to the claim of Lawrence Kohlberg that moral virtues are arbitrary standards of character because virtue words lack descriptive content , it is argued that the moral virtues and judgement are indispensible to one another and to the development of moral character. The case is made by a careful analysis of the concepts habit and virtue. It is shown that virtues are not habits, that some virtues are forms of self-control, and that those which are entail right judgement and there in describe moral character.

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2018-05-11

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