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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Moral Exemplars"”.
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The Role of Moral Exemplars in Stanley Hauer's Ethics
… Hauerwas, with particular focus on the role of moral exemplars in his theory. Hauerwas emphasizes the role of what are called "moral exemplars" in his virtue ethics. These are people or characters of narratives that best exemplify virtue. A theory is exemplarist if the moral concepts of the …
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An Examination of Agreement and Disagreement in Perceptions of the Morally Exceptional
… barrier to the psychological study of the morally exceptional is the possible subjectivity in what constitutes a morally exceptional person. The primary purpose of this research was to determine the degree to which studying moral exceptionalism is subjective by examining agreement and …
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ARE THE MORALLY EXCEPTIONAL CONSISTENTLY MORAL?
… consistency is an appropriate way to identify moral exemplars and if these moral exemplars display the same consistency when responding to various morality measures (as measured by their self-reported levels of morality matching their perceived levels of morality from behaving in a moral …
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The Mind of Christ: The Intellectual Virtue of φρόνησις in Paul's Letters
… Paul calls believers to φρόνησις by holding up moral exemplars for them to imitate. By doing so, Christians in the churches can learn to practice φρόνησις.
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Social support and its influence on college students' understanding of moral expertise.
… and universities offer environments conducive to moral development, which is seen as essential for cultivating civic engagement, intellectual growth, and virtuous character. As part of a larger study on character and religion at Christian universities, this article provides a longitudinal case …
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Cultivating the Moral Imagination
The moral imagination is a type of moral competence, moral disposition, or moral intelligence that can be cultivated and that leads to an expanded vision of whom the moral agent has a moral duty to. The moral imagination is essential in the lifework of the clinician and it is a type of moral …
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Perceptions on developing and implementing a role modelling character education programme in Saudi Arabia
… has shown the emotions elicited when exposed to moral exemplars can trigger the motivation to progress morally. Aristotle advocated the teaching of virtues to children at a young age through habituation, which would gradually develop into phronesis-guided virtuosity. He considered what is now …
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Thus have I read: the place of reading in the practice of Buddhism
… Reading supports Dharma practice, provides moral exemplars, develops faith, purification, and meditation. Buddhism advocates reading slowly and repeatedly, and encourages embodying the teaching by means of familiarity and memorization of Dharma-texts. This study also shows that reviews on …