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Everyone wants to be virtuous, but recent psychological investigations suggest that this may not be possible. Mark Alfano challenges this theory and asks, not w
Books That Build Character
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William Kilpatrick's recent book Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong convinced thousands that reading is one of the most effective ways to combat moral illit
Character as Moral Fiction
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Authors: Mark Alfano
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This provocative contribution to ethics and epistemology argues that virtue attributions are self-fulfilling prophecies.
Fictional Characters, Real Problems
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Becoming Good: Building Moral Character (2000) is a study of character—the kind of people we are, our habits, dispositions, inclinations, virtues, and vices.