Educating Character Through the Arts

ISBN-13: 9780367709938 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 208 str.

Opis

This volume investigates the role of the arts in character education. Bringing together insights from esteemed philosophers and educationalists, it looks to the arts for insight into human character and explores the arts’ relationship to human flourishing and the development of the virtues.

Spis treści

1. Is the Ethos Theory of Music Correct?  2. The Uses of Poetry and Other Imaginative Literature for the Education of Virtuous Sentiment and Character  3. Literature, the Emotions, and Learning  4. Literary Appreciation and the Reconfiguration of Understanding  5. Heroines and Sexy Victims: What we learn from female protagonists  6. Virtue and Vice on TV: Television series and ethical reflection  7. Are You (Relevantly) Experienced? A moral argument for video games  8. Gardens and the Good Life in Confucianism and Daoism  9. Educating the Heart: Why poetry matters