Virtues in the Public Sphere

Name: Virtues in the Public Sphere
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Virtues in the Public SphereCitizenship, Civic Friendship and Duty\nAuthor(s): James Arthur\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367582524, 978-0367582524\nSynopsis\nVirtues in the Public Sphere features seventeen chapters by experts from a variety of different perspectives on the broad theme of virtue in the public sphere. Spanning issues such as the notion of civic friendship and civic virtue, it sheds light on the role that these virtues play in the public sphere and their importance in safeguarding communities from the threats of a lack of concern for truth, poor leadership, charlatanism, and bigotry. This book highlights the theoretical complexity of putting virtue ethics into practice in the public domain at a time when it has been shaken by unpredictable political, social, technological, and cultural developments.\n\nWith contributions from internationally acclaimed scholars in the fields of philosophy, psych.