Self, Motivation, and Virtue by Snow, Nancy E.; Narvaez, Darcia;

Short description:

This book features findings by interdisciplinary teams of researchers on the topics of self, motivation, and virtue. The chapters bring together scholars from philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and sociology to advance our understanding of these important topics, and to showcase a variety of research methods of interdisciplinary interest.

Long description:

This volume features new findings by nine interdisciplinary teams of researchers on the topics of self, motivation, and virtue. Nine chapters bringing together scholars from the fields of philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and sociology advance our substantive understanding of these important topics, and showcase a variety of research methods of interdisciplinary interest.

Essays on Buddhism and the self in the context of romantic relationships, the development of personal projects and virtue, the notion of self-distancing and its moral impact, virtues as self-integrated traits, humility and the self in loving encounter, the importance of nation and faith in motivating virtue in western and non-western countries, roles for the self and virtue in eudaimonic growth, overcoming spiritual violence and sacramental shame in Christian communities, and an investigation into the moral self highlight the range and diversity of topics explored in this volume. The concept of deep integration also characterizes this work: each member of the interdisciplinary teams was fully and equally invested in their project from inception to completion. This approach invites teams to examine their disciplinary assumptions, rethink familiar concepts, and adjust methodologies in order to view their topics with fresh eyes.

The result is not only new findings of substantive and methodological interest, but also an interesting glimpse into the thinking of the researchers as they sought interdisciplinary common ground in their research. Self, Motivation, and Virtue will be of interest to scholars in philosophy, moral psychology, neuroscience, and sociology who are working on these topics.

"These chapters summarize the research findings from the incredibly successful Self, Motivation, and Virtue Project. The book is must reading for anyone working in the areas of character and moral psychology." ? Christian B. Miller, A.C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University, USA

Table of Contents:

Introduction

1. Self, Motivation, and Virtue or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Deep Integration

2. Expansive Interdisciplinarity and the Moral Self

3. The Virtues of Interdisciplinary Research: Psychological and Philosophical Inquiry into Self, Motivation, and Virtue

4: Virtue and Self-Distancing

5. Admiring Moral Exemplars: Sketch of an Ethical Sub-Discipline

6. Achieving Deep Integration Across Disciplines: A Process Lens on Investigating Human Flourishing

7. Toward an Integrated Psychology and Philosophy of Good Life Stories

8. Reflections on our Sociological-Philosophical Study of the Self, Motivation, and Virtue among LGBTI Conservative Christians and their Allies

9. Integrating ?Cultures of Reasoning?: Interdisciplinary Research on Motivating the Self to Wisdom and Virtue