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Philosophy And Theology: Life-Limiting Fetal Anomaly, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Life-Limiting Fetal Anomaly, Christopher Kaczor
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Philosophy And Theology: Is Birth Ethically Relevant?, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Is Birth Ethically Relevant?, Christopher Kaczor
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Philosophy And Theology: Savulescu And Schuklenk On Conscientious Objection, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Savulescu And Schuklenk On Conscientious Objection, Christopher Kaczor
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Do You Long For Having Your Heart Interlinked?, Timothy Shanahan
Do You Long For Having Your Heart Interlinked?, Timothy Shanahan
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Intellectual Virtues, Civility, And Public Discourse, Jason Baehr
Intellectual Virtues, Civility, And Public Discourse, Jason Baehr
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Wisdom, Suffering, And Humility, Jason Baehr
Wisdom, Suffering, And Humility, Jason Baehr
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Philosophy And Theology: Conscientious Objection In Europe And Mexico, Christopher Kaczor
Philosophy And Theology: Conscientious Objection In Europe And Mexico, Christopher Kaczor
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Intellectual Virtues, Critical Thinking, And The Aims Of Education, Jason Baehr
Intellectual Virtues, Critical Thinking, And The Aims Of Education, Jason Baehr
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This chapter examines the relationship between critical thinking conceived of as educational ideal and intellectual virtues like curiosity, open-mindedness, intellectual courage, and intellectual perseverance. It focuses on Harvey Siegel’s influential account of critical thinking, according to which critical thinking has two main components: a “reason assessment” component and a “critical spirit” component. The chapter argues, contra Siegel that intellectual virtues cut across both of these components. It considers some of Siegel’s recent arguments to the effect that critical thinking is the superior educational ideal. The concept of critical thinking is at least quasi-technical. This is evident in ordinary usage of …
Virtue Epistemology, Virtue Ethics, And The Structure Of Virtue, Jason Baehr
Virtue Epistemology, Virtue Ethics, And The Structure Of Virtue, Jason Baehr
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Contemporary virtue epistemology examines the cognitive life with an eye to the epistemic excellences or "intellectual virtues" of knowing subjects (Battaly 2008). It was inspired by virtue ethics, which emphasizes moral virtues and their centrality to acting and living well. This chapter begins with an observation about an apparent structural asymmetry between virtue epistemology and virtue ethics. It considers whether, initial appearances notwithstanding, there is in fact a virtue ethical counterpart of reliabilist virtue epistemology. This leads to a somewhat narrower consideration, namely whether there is a counterpart of reliable cognitive faculties within our moral psychology. The chapter clarifies and …