Virtues and Vices in Positive Psychology
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Virtues and Vices in Positive Psychology

A Philosophical Critique

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eBook - PDF

Virtues and Vices in Positive Psychology

A Philosophical Critique

About this book

Positive psychology is one of the biggest growth industries in the discipline of psychology. At the present time, the subfield of 'positive education' seems poised to take the world of education and teacher training by storm. In this first book-length philosophical study of positive psychology, Professor Kristján Kristjánsson subjects positive psychology's recent inroads into virtue theory and virtue education to sustained conceptual and moral scrutiny. Professor Kristjánsson's interdisciplinary perspective constructively integrates insights, evidence and considerations from social science and philosophy in a way that is easily accessible to the general reader. He offers an extended critique of positive psychology generally and 'positive education' in particular, exploring the philosophical assumptions, underpinnings and implications of these academic trends in detail. This provocative book will excite anyone interested in cutting-edge research on positive psychology and on the virtues that lie at the intersection of psychology, philosophy of mind, moral philosophy, education, and daily life.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Virtues and Vices in Positive Psychology
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. 1 The Personal, Psychological, Philosophical, Educational and Historical Contexts of Positive Psychology
  9. 2 Happiness and the Virtues
  10. 3 Personality and the Virtues
  11. 4 Moral Ontology and the Virtues
  12. 5 Moral Motivation and the Virtues
  13. 6 Situations and the Virtues
  14. 7 Conflicts, Practical Wisdom and the Virtues
  15. 8 Positive Experiences and the Virtues
  16. 9 Education and the Virtues
  17. 10 Concluding Remarks
  18. References
  19. Index