Virtues and Vices in Positive Psychology: A Philosophical Critique

ISBN-13: 9781107025202 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 266 str.

Kristjan Kristjansson

Opis

Positive psychology is one of the biggest growth industries in the discipline of psychology. At the present time, the subfield of positive education seems poised to take the world of education and teacher training by storm. In this first book-length philosophical study of positive psychology, Professor Kristjan Kristjansson subjects positive psychology's recent inroads into virtue theory and virtue education to sustained conceptual and moral scrutiny. Professor Kristjansson's interdisciplinary perspective constructively integrates insights, evidence, and considerations from social science and philosophy in a way that is easily accessible to the general reader. He offers an extended critique of positive psychology generally and positive education in particular, exploring the philosophical assumptions, underpinnings, and implications of these academic trends in detail. This provocative book will excite anyone interested in cutting-edge research on positive psychology and the on virtues that lie at the intersection of psychology, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, education, and daily life."

Spis treści

List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1. The personal, philosophical, educational, and historical contexts of positive psychology; 2. Happiness and the virtues; 3. Personality and the virtues; 4. Moral ontology and the virtues; 5. Moral motivation and the virtues; 6. Situations and the virtues; 7. Conflicts, practical wisdom, and the virtues; 8. Positive experiences and the virtues; 9. Education and the virtues; 10. Concluding remarks; References; Index.