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Cardinal Virtues of Academic AdministrationTheory and Research in Education 3 (6): 63-86. 2008.The aim of this paper is to articulate the basic elements of a comprehensive ethic of academic administration, organized around a set of three cardinal virtues: commitment to the good of the institution; good administrative judgment; and conscientiousness in discharging the duties of the office. In addition to explaining this framework and defending its adequacy, the paper develops an account of the nature of integrity, and argues that the three cardinal virtues of academic administration can be…Read more
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Populism and the Fate of Civic FriendshipIn James Arthur (ed.), Virtues in the Public Sphere: Citizenship, Civic Friendship and Duty, Routledge Press. pp. 92-107. 2018.Aristotle’s Politics offers both a broad diagnosis of the hazards of contemporary populism and a broad characterization of actionable remedies, and it does so in conjunction with an ideal of political societies as properly partnerships in living well, characterized by voluntary cooperation, mutual advantage, and civic friendship. The task of this paper is to explain the diagnosis, remedies, and ideals more fully and to illustrate their currency and value in contemporary political analysis. It a…Read more
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Enabling everyone to live wellIn Randall R. Curren (ed.), Handbook of philosophy of education, Routledge. 2023.
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Fred D. Miller, Jr., Nature, Justice, and Rights in Aristotle's Politics , xvii + 424 pp., Cloth $49.95, Paper $24.95 (review)Reason Papers 22 144-153. 1997.
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Virtue Epistemology and EducationIn Heather Battaly (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Virtue Epistemology. pp. 470-482. 2019.This chapter addresses some basic questions about the cultivation of responsibilist intellectual virtue. What is intellectual virtue? How are specific intellectual virtues defined and how do they contribute to intellectual virtue in general? What are the epistemic goods at which intellectual virtue and virtues aim? What justifies education in epistemic virtue, understood as a state of intellectual character? How should the motivational aspect of epistemic character be understood? How can educato…Read more
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A modest plea for collaborative history and philosophy of educationIn Antoinette Errante, Jackie M. Blount & Bruce A. Kimball (eds.), Philosophy and history of education: diverse perspectives on their value and relationship, Rowman & Littlefield. 2017.
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Moral educationIn Lawrence C. Becker & Charlotte B. Becker (eds.), Encyclopedia of ethics, Routledge. pp. 1127--1131. 1992.
Rochester, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Moral Psychology, Misc |
Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Education, Misc |