Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy

Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy. Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today

Notes on Contributors vii Introduction 1 MICHEL CROCE AND MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA Part 1: Moral Philosophy 13 1 Utrum sit una tantum vera enumeratio virtutum moralium 15 SOPHIE GRACE CHAPPELL 2 Generosity: A Preliminary Account of a Surprisingly Neglected Virtue 23 CHRISTIAN B. MILLER 3 An Eye on Particulars with the End in Sight: An Account of Aristotelian Phronesis 51 MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA 4 Honesty as a Virtue 67 ALAN T. WILSON Part 2: Epistemology 85 5 Virtue Epistemology, Enhancement, and Control 87 J. ADAM CARTER 6 Epistemic Paternalism and the Service Conception of Epistemic Authority 107 MICHEL CROCE 7 Neuromedia and the Epistemology of Education 129 DUNCAN PRITCHARD 8 Epistemic Vice and Motivation 151 ALESSANDRA TANESINI Part 3: Political Philosophy 169 9 Senses of Humor as Political Virtues 171 PHILLIP DEEN 10 Citizens’ Political Prudence as a Democratic Virtue 187 VALERIA OTTONELLI 11 Hope as a Democratic Civic Virtue 205 NANCY E. SNOW Index 225