Aristotle elaborated his theory of virtue in two texts, the Nicomachean and the Eudemian Ethics. Throughout the centuries, his theory of virtues has endured despite a number of attempts to eliminate it as a framework for how one should live and flourish. This essay revisits Aristotle’s theory of virtue for two purposes. The first is simply to note the remarkable depth of his understanding of hu...

This article is one of the first to examine the relationships among a specific combination of "spiritual virtues" (helping others and the experience of divine love) and outcomes related to criminal involvement, sobriety, and character development among adolescents. One-hundred ninety five adolescents with substance dependency court-referred to residential treatment were assessed at intake, disc...

Abstract Epistemic virtues are character traits conducive to principled ways of thinking, leading a life flourishing. Recent years have witnessed an emergence theoretical accounts describing how they develop. However, few if any studies conducted rigorous empirical investigation into the mechanisms intellectual virtue development. In this study, we review several significant frameworks before u...