Matt Stichter is an Associate Professor of Philosophy in the School of Politics, Philosophy, & Public Affairs at Washington State University. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University in 2007. He pursues research at the intersection of moral psychology, virtue ethics, and the philosophy of expertise. He has published many articles and chapters on the “virtue-as-skill” thesis, arguing that the development of virtue should be understood as a process of skill acquisition, and he draws on the psychological research on self-regulation and expertise to formulate this thesis. He recently published a book on this topic…

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