Virtue: An Introduction to Theory and Practice

by Olli-Pekka Vainio

Overview

Since the 1960s, the virtues have been making a comeback in various fields of study. This book offers an overview of the history of virtues from Plato to Nietzsche, discusses the philosophy and psychology of virtues, and analyzes different applications of virtue in epistemology, positive psychology, ethics, and politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498237512
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	10/21/2016
Series:	Cascade Companions , #29
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	134
File size:	857 KB

About the Author

Olli-Pekka Vainio is a University Lecturer of Systematic Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His publications include Beyond Fideism: Negotiable Religious Identities (2011) and Engaging Luther (2011). He also is a Member of the Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey.
Olli-Pekka Vainio has served as Acting University Lecturer of Systematic Theology at the University of Helsinki since February 2014. Vainio's research is focused on following themes: 1) Contemporary Systematic and Philosophical Theology 2) Philosophy of Religion, 3) Social Epistemology, and 4) Theology of Reformation. In his doctoral dissertation, Justification and Participation in Christ: The Development of the Lutheran Doctrine of Justification from Luther to the Formula of Concord (2007), Vainio studied various interpretations of justification in Early Lutheranism. His habilitation Beyond Fideism: Negotiable Religious Identities (2010) focused on the recent discussion on theological method and religious identity. He has published over forty articles, authored or co-authored nine books and edited or co-edited six volumes. His current research project deals with the problem of religious disagreement from interdisciplinary perspective. Vainio was a visiting faculty member at the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford (2011-12) and a member in Philosophical Psychology, Morality and Politics Unit (2008-13), which was one of the National Centres of Excellence in Research funded by the Academy of Finland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Abbreviations ix

1 What Is Virtue? 1

2 The History of Virtues 24

3 Virtues and Vices 64

4 Applications of Virtues 84

Final Words 119

Bibliography 121