1st Edition
Flourishing as the Aim of Education A Neo-Aristotelian View
Preface; An Introduction to the Concept of Flourishing: Good Character and Beyond; Theories of Flourishing in Education: From the Ideal to the Practical; The Flourishing–Happiness Concordance Thesis: Do These Two Always Go Hand in Hand?; The Limitations of Even Supreme Moral Virtue: Why We Need Contemplation and Wonder to Flourish; Flourishing and Awe: Towards an Extended, ‘Enchanted’ Aristotelian Theory; Flourishing and Epiphanies: Going beyond Aristotle and Kohlberg; Flourishing and the Emulation of Exemplarity: Going Beynd Aristotle and Zagzebski; Conclusions and Reflections – and Where We Need to Head Next; References; Index
Biography
Kristján Kristjánsson is professor of Character Education and Virtue Ethics, and deputy director, Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham.
