This book features new essays by philosophers, psychologists, and a theologian on the important topic of virtue development. The essays engage with work from multiple disciplines and thereby seek to bridge disciplinary divides. The volume is a significant contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of virtue development studies.

Introduction Chapter 1: Baselines for Virtue Darcia Narvaez Chapter 2: Moral Self-Identity and the Social-Cognitive Theory of Virtue Daniel Lapsley Chapter 3: From a Baby Smiling: Reflections on Virtues in Development Robert N. Emde Chapter 4: The Development of Virtuous Character: Automatic and Reflective Dispositions Ross A. Thompson and Abby S. Lavine Chapter 5: Developmental Virtue Ethics Christine Swanton Chapter 6: How Habits Make Us Virtuous Nancy E. Snow Chapter 7: Virtue Cultivation in Light of Situationism Christian Miller Chapter 8: Becoming Good: Narrow Dispositions and the Stability of Virtue Rachana Kamtekar Chapter 9: The Role of Motivation and Wisdom in Virtue as Skill Matt Stichter Chapter 10: Learning Virtue Rules: The Issue of Thick Concepts Julia Annas Chapter 11: Guilt and Shame in the Development of Virtue Jennifer A. Herdt Chapter 12: Benevolence in a Justice-Based World: The Power of Sentiments (and Reasoning) in Predicting Prosocial Behaviors Gustavo Carlo Chapter 13: Norms of Justice in Development Mark LeBar

Sixty years ago, Elizabeth Anscombe called for a more advanced moral psychology to support virtue ethics. Developing the Virtues answers that call with a thoughtful, engaging collection of essays, representing different perspectives on developing virtue, with high integrity to the disciplines they represent. I recommend this book to anyone working in the field of virtue ethics, and to anyone interested in virtue for its own sake.

"Sixty years ago, Elizabeth Anscombe called for a more advanced moral psychology to support virtue ethics. Developing the Virtues answers that call with a thoughtful, engaging collection of essays, representing different perspectives on developing virtue, with high integrity to the disciplines they represent. I recommend this book to anyone working in the field of virtue ethics, and to anyone interested in virtue for its own sake." -- Christopher Fowles, Journal of Moral Philosophy "This volume does just what the title says it will do. It brings together perspectives on virtue theory from psychology, theology, and philosophy. A number of the authors appear not only to have their work informed by other disciplines, but also appear to occupy more than one perspective in their work. This book is a thoughtful, sophisticated, and engaging discussion of the development of virtues...this volume is indispensible for anyone studying philosophically informed empirical psychology and empirically informed philosophy and theology." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Developing the Virtues is a nice example of the benefits of cross-disciplinary dialogue. The essays here do real work. Interestingly, they are surprisingly readable. Perhaps this shouldn't be so surprising given that they were first presented as talks to an audience (even though an academic one) and that the audience was an interdisciplinary mix of academics. Usually collections from academic conferences are too esoteric for a general reading audience. But I think intelligent general readers interested in what academic have to say about virtue development might find this volume interesting and useful." --Metapsychology Online Reviews

Selling point: Provides an integrative approach to studying virtue development from a cross-disciplinary perspective Selling point: Discusses topics that are important and in many cases cutting edge, such as the development of automatic and reflective virtuous dispositions Selling point: Essays in this volume are organized around themes and engage each other in a broader dialogue

Julia Annas is Regents Professor in Philosophy at the University of Arizona, having also taught at Oxford. She was the founding editor of Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Darcia Narvaez is Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. She brings evolutionary theory, neurobiology and positive psychology to considerations of wellbeing, morality and wisdom across the lifespan, including early life, childhood and adulthood and in multiple contexts (parenting, schooling). Nancy E. Snow is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma. With Darcia Narvaez, she is the co-director of the three-year project, "The Self, Motivation, and Virtue," funded by $2.6 million from the Templeton Religion Trust. She is the author of over thirty papers and one monograph, and has edited or co-edited five volumes.

Selling point: Provides an integrative approach to studying virtue development from a cross-disciplinary perspective Selling point: Discusses topics that are important and in many cases cutting edge, such as the development of automatic and reflective virtuous dispositions Selling point: Essays in this volume are organized around themes and engage each other in a broader dialogue