Virtue: Nomos XXXIV: 19 (NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814714846 ISBN 13: 9780814714843

Publisher: NYU Press, 1992

Synopsis

In the United States, there exists increasing uneasiness about the predominance of self-interest in both public and private life, growing fear about the fragmentation and privatization of American society, mounting concerns about the effects of institutions - ranging from families to schools to the media - on the character of young people, and a renewed tendency to believe that without certain traditional virtues neither public leaders nor public policies are likely to succeed. In this 34th volume, sponsored by the American Society of Legal and Political Philosophy, a distinguished group of international scholars from a range of disciplines examine what is meant by virtue, analyzing various historical and analytical meanings of virtue, notions of liberal virtue, civic virtue, and judicial virtue, and the nature of secular and theological types of virtue. The contributors include - Jean Baechler, Annette C. Baier, Ronald Beiner, Christopher J.Berry, J.Budziszewski, Charles Larmore, David Luban, Stephen Macedo, Michael J.Perry, Terry Pinkard, Jonathan Riley, George Sher, Judith N.Shklar, Rogers M.Smith, David A.Strauss, and Joan C.Williams.

About this title

About the Author:

John W. Chapman is retired from the University of Pittsburgh where he taught political science.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0814714846
• ISBN 13: 9780814714843
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Chapman John W.