Against Aristotelian Character Education - Practical Wisdom, Flourishing, and Liberal Democracy

This book argues that Aristotelian character education cannot work in liberal democracies today. It shows that when we clearly understand the basic structure of Aristotle's value theory and correctly grasp the core requirements of liberalism, we will see that they are incompatible with one another through and through.

List of contents

1. Against Aristotelian Character Education: An Introduction Part 1: Aristotle and Virtuous Knowledge 2. Aristotle's Value Theory: Specifiable, Detailed, and Complete 3. Virtue Requires Extensive Value Knowledge 4. Virtue Requires Understanding the Nature of Value 5. Virtue Requires Knowing What Political Experts Know Part 2: Neo-Aristotelian Education vs Liberal Democracy 6. Aristotelian Pluralism Is The Wrong Sort Of Pluralism 7. Neo-Aristotelian Flourishing and the Problem of Paternalism 8. The Problem With Practical Wisdom 9. Some Lessons from Aristotle for Liberal Education

About the author

Benjamin Miller is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Miller, Benjamin (University of Illinois Urbana-Ch Miller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 08.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032960685
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3296068-5
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Moral and social purpose of education, Political science and theory, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Moral & social purpose of education, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies