The Practical Wisdom of "Phronesis" in the Education of Purported Virtuous Character

Autor/in	Carr, David
Titel	The Practical Wisdom of "Phronesis" in the Education of Purported Virtuous Character
Quelle	In: Educational Theory, 73 (2023) 2, S.137-152 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-2004
DOI	10.1111/edth.12570
Schlagwörter	Moral Development; Values Education; Ethical Instruction; Philosophy; Cognitive Processes; Educational Objectives + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moralische Entwicklung; Werterziehung; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Philosophie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel
Abstract	In the context of the recent revival of virtue ethics, the notion of character formation under the rational guidance of Aristotle's notion of "phronesis," or practical wisdom, has been exalted as the principal aim of moral education. However, this is not unproblematic insofar as the promotion of Aristotelian "phronesis" seems to operate on rather different levels or to be ambivalent between the two rather different (and demonstrably separable) aims or goals of fostering reasonably sound deliberation and judgment concerning "right" or good (moral or other) agency or action and the allegedly optimal (empirical) psychological ordering of cognition and affect to the end of good or commendable human character. In this paper, David Carr argues that while the first of these aims is by and large educationally acceptable and defensible, the second is neither a desirable nor coherent educational goal. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01