Flourishing as the Aim of Education: A Neo-Aristotelian View

ISBN-13: 9780367727970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 216 str.

Kristján Kristjánsson

Opis

This books develops a conception of student flourishing as the overarching aim of education. While this book constitutes a theoretical study of the foundations of flourishing, each chapter closes with food for thought for teachers and other educators who can directly facilitate student flourishing.

Spis treści

Preface; An Introduction to the Concept of Flourishing: Good Character and Beyond; Theories of Flourishing in Education: From the Ideal to the Practical; The Flourishing–Happiness Concordance Thesis: Do These Two Always Go Hand in Hand?; The Limitations of Even Supreme Moral Virtue: Why We Need Contemplation and Wonder to Flourish; Flourishing and Awe: Towards an Extended, ‘Enchanted’ Aristotelian Theory; Flourishing and Epiphanies: Going beyond Aristotle and Kohlberg; Flourishing and the Emulation of Exemplarity: Going Beynd Aristotle and Zagzebski; Conclusions and Reflections – and Where We Need to Head Next; References; Index

O autorze

Kristján Kristjánsson is professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics, and deputy director, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham.