Moral regeneration: Seedbeds for civic virtue

Race , National Ideals , and Civic Virtue

Civic virtue is generally understood as relating to a specific polity and in that way to be distinct from virtues appropriate to a human being as such, the subject matter of most "virtue theory." This conception does not rule out "universal" civic virtues-ones appropriate to membership in a "world community"-and some theorists speak of and advocate some form of such "world citizenship." Neverth...

Running head: VIRTUE ETHICS AND MORAL IDENTITY Exploring the Relationship between Virtue Ethics and Moral Identity

The concept of moral identity based on virtue ethics has become an issue of considerable import in explaining moral behavior. This attempt to offer adequate explanations of the full range of morally relevant human behavior inevitably provokes boundary issues between ethics and moral psychology. In terms of the relationship between the two disciplines, some argue for “naturalized (or psychologiz...

On Hope as a Moral Virtue

Moral Bioenhancement for Social Welfare: Are Civic Institutions Ready?

1 Philosophy and Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, New York, NY, United States, 2 Philosophy, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, United States, 3Neuroethics Studies Program-Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States, 4Department of Neurology and Department of Biochemistry, Georgetown University Medical Center,...

Virtue ethics: an approach to moral dilemmas in nursing.

Nurses are increasingly confronted with situations of moral difficulty, such as not to feed terminally ill patients, whistle blowing, or participation in termination of pregnancy. Most of these moral dilemmas are often analyzed using the principle-based approach which applies the four moral principles of justice, autonomy, beneficence, and non-malificence. In some instances, consequentialism is...