The main purpose of the conference is to investigate the link between virtue theory and current psychological research. The conference aims at inquiring into the connections between virtue ethics and different branches of psychology from a methodological, conceptual and applied perspective, with special focus on educational implications.
We aim at gathering scholars interested in the virtues from both a philosophical and an interdisciplinary approach, who can contribute to the advancement of a plausible, empirically-informed virtue-ethical program.
With the aim of including as many contributions as possible, the conference will be structured around plenary sessions with lectures given by the invited speakers, and parallel sessions with the contributed papers selected by double blind review.
Which account of virtue acquisition best accommodates psychological evidence on the matter?
Should we stick to the virtue-as-skill paradigm, grounded on the idea of habituation, or should we buy into different accounts?
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