Learning virtue |
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| Authors: | Lorraine L Besser |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Philosophy, Middlebury College , Middlebury, VT, USA lbesser@middlebury.edu |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT This paper explores the task of learning virtue through the lens of self-determination theory. Drawing on SDT’s account of motivation and of innate psychological needs, I defend a theory of learning virtue that emphasizes knowing why virtue is important is pivotal to the development of virtue. |
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| Keywords: | Virtue motivation moral development self-determination theory |
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