This collection of original essays on virtue ethics and moral education seeks to fill this gap in the recent literature of moral education, combining broader analyses with detailed coverage of:* the varieties of virtue* weakness and integrity* relativism and rival traditions* means and methods of educating the virtuesThe rare collaboration of professional ethical theorists and educational philosophers provides a ground-breaking work and an exciting new focus in a growing area of research.

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Virtue Ethics and the Virtue Approach to Moral Education, Jan Steutel, David Carr; Part 2 General Issues; Chapter 2 Virtue, Eudaimonia and Teleological Ethics, Nicholas Dent; Chapter 3 Character Development and Aristotelian Virtue, Nancy Sherman; Chapter 4 Virtue, Phronesis and Learning, Joseph Dunne; Part 3 Varieties of Virtue; Chapter 5 Cultivating the Intellectual and Moral Virtues, Randall Curren; Chapter 6 Virtues of Benevolence and Justice, James D. Wallace; Chapter 7 Self-Regarding and Other-Regarding Virtues, Michael Slote; Part 4 Weakness and Integrity; Chapter 8 Moral Growth and the Unity of the Virtues, Bonnie Kent; Chapter 9 The Virtues of Will-Power, Jan Steutel; Chapter 10 Virtue, Akrasia and Moral Weakness, David Carr; Part 5 Relativism and Revial Traditions; Chapter 11 Virtue, Truth and Relativism, John Haldane; Chapter 12 Justice, Care and Other Virtues, Paul Crittenden; Chapter 13 Liberal Virtue and Moral Enfeeblement, Eamonn Callan; Part 6 Educating the Virtues; Chapter 14 Virtues, Character, and Moral Dispositions, Joel J. Kupperman; Chapter 15 Habituation and Training in Early Moral Upbringing, Ben Spiecker; Chapter 16 Trust, Traditions and Pluralism, Kenneth A. Strike; Part 7 Conclusion; Chapter 17 The Virtue Approach to Moral Education, David Carr, Jan Steutel;