TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-respect, megalopsychia, and moral education
AU - Kristjánsson, K.
N1 - Copyright 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.
PY - 1998/3/1
Y1 - 1998/3/1
N2 - Self-respect is widely and rightly considered an important value in moral education. There seems at first sight less agreement on what exactly constitutes self-respect. However, I show that once terminological differences have been set aside, there emerges a substantial concordance of opinion in philosophical circles on the specification of this concept. Unfortunately, this common specification is marred by two major shortcomings. I argue that both these shortcomings can be ameliorated through a synthesis of recent conceptions of self-respect and Aristotle's analysis of his much-neglected "crown of the virtues", megalopsychia. Finally, I suggest some practical implications of such a synthesis for moral education.
AB - Self-respect is widely and rightly considered an important value in moral education. There seems at first sight less agreement on what exactly constitutes self-respect. However, I show that once terminological differences have been set aside, there emerges a substantial concordance of opinion in philosophical circles on the specification of this concept. Unfortunately, this common specification is marred by two major shortcomings. I argue that both these shortcomings can be ameliorated through a synthesis of recent conceptions of self-respect and Aristotle's analysis of his much-neglected "crown of the virtues", megalopsychia. Finally, I suggest some practical implications of such a synthesis for moral education.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039390220
SN - 0305-7240
VL - 27
SP - 5
EP - 17
JO - Journal of Moral Education
JF - Journal of Moral Education
IS - 1
ER -