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OverviewPhilosophers and psychologists have been hard at work trying to unlock the mysteries of our characters. Unfortunately, their answers have been all over the map.According to one position, every single person has all of the moral virtues, such as modesty and compassion, although to varying degrees. Yet according to another position, no one has any character traits at all since they are simply illusions and do not exist. Hence not one person is honest or compassionate or courageous. And between these extremes, there are plenty of intermediate views.Christian B. Miller argues that not one of these leading positions accurately reflects what most of us are like today. He explores the implications of the Mixed Trait framework-a theory of moral character developed in his previous book, Moral Character: An Empirical Theory. Mixed traits have both morally positive aspects (hence they are not vices) along with morally negative aspects (hence they are not virtues). Miller engages with the other leading positions on the empirical nature of character: situationism, the CAPS model, the Big Five model, and the local trait model. He goes on to apply the Mixed Trait framework to several important topics in ethics, especially the development of an error theory about judgments of character and the challenge faced by virtue ethics from the widespread lack of virtue. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christian B. Miller (Wake Forest University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780199674367ISBN 10: 0199674361 Pages: 286 Publication Date: 09 January 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Part One: The Mixed Trait Framework 1: The Conceptual Background 2: The Framework of Mixed Traits 3: Illustrating the Framework of Mixed Traits: Cheating Part Two: Engaging Other Frameworks 4: Situationism 5: The CAPS Model 6: The Big Five Part Three: Applying the Framework 7: Errors about Character? Some Implications for Meta-Ethics 8: Trouble for Virtue Ethics? Some Implications for Normative Ethics Part Four: The Next Step 9: Looking Forward Works Cited IndexReviewsChristian B. Miller is an astute analytic philosoper whocan be relied upon to write penetratingly about any subject he addresses. Kristjan Kristjansson, Journal of Moral Education Christian Miller's book, together with its companion volume, Moral Character (2013), is among the most substantial - and among the very best - contributions to the virtue ethics and situationism debate Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online Christian B. Miller is an astute analytic philosopher who can be relied upon to write penetratingly about any subject he addresses... Miller tackles quite specific questions, mostly having to do with situationist challenges to the notion of moral character; but he does so with a degree of clarity, insight and originality rarely seen before in the field... This is one of those books that is difficult to overpraise. Kristjan Kristjansson, Journal of Moral Education Christian Millers two volumes, Moral Character: An Empirical Theory and Character and Moral Psychology, offer a comprehensive review of psychological research and theory concerning moral character traits and the influence of situational variables on moral behavior. They are essential reading for psychologists and philosophers whose work concerns moral character, moral development, or moral action. Miller challenges long accepted understandings of virtue and vice, offering a novel alternative grounded in recent empirical research. Don Collins Reed, PsycCritiques Author InformationChristian Miller is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. His main areas of research are meta-ethics, moral psychology, moral character, action theory, and philosophy of religion. He is also the author of Moral Character: An Empirical Theory (OUP 2013), and the editor of The Continuum Companion to Ethics (Continuum 2011) and Essays in the Philosophy of Religion (OUP 2006). His work has appeared in such journals as Noûs, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Philosophical Studies, Philosophical Psychology, The Journal of Ethics, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, and Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion. He is the director of The Character Project (www.thecharacterproject.com), which is funded by a substantial grant for the study of character from the John Templeton Foundation. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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