Virtues in the Public Sphere

<p><em>Virtues in the Public Sphere</em> features seventeen chapters by experts from a variety of different perspectives on the broad theme of virtue in the public sphere. Spanning issues such as the notion of civic friendship and civic virtue it sheds light on the role that these virtues play in the public sphere and their importance in safeguarding communities from the threats of a lack of concern for truth poor leadership charlatanism and bigotry. This book highlights the theoretical complexity of putting virtue ethics into practice in the public domain at a time when it has been shaken by unpredictable political social technological and cultural developments.</p><p></p><p>With contributions from internationally acclaimed scholars in the fields of philosophy psychology sociology and education this book highlights the main issues both theoretical and practical of putting virtue ethics into practice in the public domain. Split into three sections – Virtues and vices in the public sphere Civic friendship and virtue and Perspectives on virtue and the public sphere – the chapters offer a timely commentary on the roles that virtues have to play in the public sphere.</p><p></p><p>This timely book will be of great interest to researchers academics and post-graduate students in the fields of education character and virtue studies and will also appeal to practitioners.</p>