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11There is a growing consensus in Britain on the importance of character, and on the belief that the virtues that contribute to good character are part of the solution to many of the challenges facing modern society. Parents, teachers and schools understand the need to teach basic moral virtues to pupils, such as honesty, self-control, fairness, and respect, while fostering behaviour associated with such virtues today. However, until recently, the materials required to help deliver this ambition h…Read more
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10The aim of the My Character project was to develop a better understanding of how interventions designed to develop character might enhance moral formation and futuremindedness in young people. Futuremindedness can be defined as an individual’s capacity to set goals and make plans to achieve them. Establishing goals requires considerable moral reflection, and the achievement of worthwhile aims requires character traits such as courage and the capacity to delay gratification. The research team dev…Read more
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4Some thoughts on the interaction between perception and reflectionIn Jeremy Wolfe & Lynn Robertson (eds.), From Perception to Consciousness: Searching with Anne Treisman, Oxford University Press. pp. 390. 2012.
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7Lost thoughts: Implicit semantic interference impairs reflective access to currently active informationJournal of Experimental Psychology: General 142 (1): 6. 2013.
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Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Philosophy of Probability |