Books in the The Virtues series

This volume provides a multidisciplinary exploration of humility as a virtue through essays spanning religious and secular traditions. Essays examine the role of humility in one's alignment with a higher spiritual power, as well as its place in secular philosophy, including the epistemic value of humility in the development of knowledge. Finally, the volume explores humility's application within the professional fields of politics, business management, andcompetitive activities.

We tend to admire people who stay true to their convictions in the face of opposition, who are not tempted to twist or withhold the truth for selfish reasons, and who seek the truth even when it means giving up their cherished views. Indeed, integrity, honesty, and truth seeking are crucial virtues on both intimate and global scales, significant in everything from our relationships to our politicians'' accountability. The past forty years have witnessed a dramaticresurgence of philosophical interest in the virtues. And yet there has been surprisingly little work among philosophers aimed at helping us better understand these three truth-related virtues. Edited by philosophers Christian B. Miller and Ryan West, this interdisciplinary volume significantly advances the discussion of integrity, honesty, and truth seeking by incorporating the insights and perspectives of experts in philosophy, law, communication and rhetorical studies, theology, psychology, history, and education. Each of the volume''s three sections is devoted to one virtue, and comprises a conceptual chapter about the nature of the virtue in question, an application chapter thatexplores the virtue''s central role in an area of human life, and a developmental chapter covering some of the ways people can foster the virtue. Additionally, the volume addresses experimental work on honest and dishonest behavior, one of the fastest growing and most important research areas in thefield of moral psychology today. Every reader will come away from this volume with a deepened knowledge of and appreciation for the essential roles of these three virtues in our world, and rich resources for developing and sustaining them in life.

Justice is a virtue that speaks to our time and has been sought and celebrated since it was conceptualized in ancient Greece. Foregrounding new and fascinating research in philosophy and psychology, as well as other empirical fields of study, the essays in this volume explore the breadth and significance of current understandings of justice, with an emphasis on justice as a virtue that individuals can cultivate in themselves and others.

Justice is a virtue that speaks to our time and has been sought and celebrated since it was conceptualized in ancient Greece. Foregrounding new and fascinating research in philosophy and psychology, as well as other empirical fields of study, the essays in this volume explore the breadth and significance of current understandings of justice, with an emphasis on justice as a virtue that individuals can cultivate in themselves and others.

This volume provides a multidisciplinary exploration of humility as a virtue through essays spanning religious and secular traditions. Essays examine the role of humility in one's alignment with a higher spiritual power, as well as its place in secular philosophy, including the epistemic value of humility in the development of knowledge. Finally, the volume explores humility's application within the professional fields of politics, business management, andcompetitive activities.