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Connecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy.





Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues

Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy

Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education

Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today

Connecting Virtues: Advances in Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy

Notes on Contributors vii





Introduction 1

MICHEL CROCE AND MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA





Part 1: Moral Philosophy 13





1 Utrum sit una tantum vera enumeratio virtutum moralium 15

SOPHIE GRACE CHAPPELL





2 Generosity: A Preliminary Account of a Surprisingly Neglected Virtue 23

CHRISTIAN B. MILLER





3 An Eye on Particulars with the End in Sight: An Account of Aristotelian Phronesis 51

MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA





4 Honesty as a Virtue 67

ALAN T. WILSON





Part 2: Epistemology 85





5 Virtue Epistemology, Enhancement, and Control 87

J. ADAM CARTER





6 Epistemic Paternalism and the Service Conception of Epistemic Authority 107

MICHEL CROCE





7 Neuromedia and the Epistemology of Education 129

DUNCAN PRITCHARD





8 Epistemic Vice and Motivation 151

ALESSANDRA TANESINI





Part 3: Political Philosophy 169





9 Senses of Humor as Political Virtues 171

PHILLIP DEEN





10 Citizens' Political Prudence as a Democratic Virtue 187

VALERIA OTTONELLI





11 Hope as a Democratic Civic Virtue 205

NANCY E. SNOW





Index 225