Self, Civic Virtue, and Public Life

Nancy E. Snow joined the KU Philosophy Department as a tenured full professor in late August 2022. She is the author of Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Empirically Grounded Theory (Routledge, 2010), Contemporary Virtue Ethics (2020), and 70 papers on virtue and ethics more broadly. She is the co-author (with Jennifer Cole Wright and Michael T. Warren) of Understanding Virtue: Theory and Measurement (2021) and has edited or co-edited seven volumes. She is the series editor of “The Virtues,” a 15-book series published by Oxford University Press. From 2014 to 2022, she has co-directed, been the PI on, or been heavily involved with interdisciplinary grants totaling a little under $10 million.

• Introduction Nancy E. Snow 1. Can Feelings of Authenticity Help to Guide Virtuous Behavior? Matt Stichter, Matthew Vess, Rebecca Schlegel, and Joshua Hicks 2. Civic Virtues, Wisdom, and Psychological Resilience Yena Kim, Jean Ngoc Boulware, Howard C. Nusbaum, and Anne Henly 3. Personal Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance: From Values to Virtues David Lundie, Cathal O’Siochru, Lee Shannon, and Antonio Zuffianò 4. Good Citizenship and Sustainable Living: Views, Experiences, and Opportunities among Young People in Iceland Ragný Þóra Guðjohnsen, Karen Elizabeth Jordan, Ólafur Páll Jónsson, Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir, and Unnur Edda Garðarsdóttir 5. Civility, Contentious Monuments and Public Space Aurélia Bardon, Matteo Bonotti, and Steven T. Zech 6. Too Much Intellectual Humility? Measuring Intellectual Servility in Civic Engagement During the 2020 U. S. Presidential Election Stacey E. McElroy-Heltzel, Heather D. Battaly, Don E. Davis, and Joshua N. Hook 7. Democratizing Autonomy Gregory R. Peterson, Güneş Sevinç, and Michael Spezio 8. Public Life, Virtue, and Self: Finding Forgiveness and Justice through Community Engagement after Genocide in Rwanda Jonathan M. Tirrell, Erin I. Kelly, John Gasana Gasasira, Cecile Kampeta, Placide Mwiseneza, Octave Rukundo, Esperance Wibabara, and Alistair T. R. Sim

"This volume discusses the psychological basis of civic virtue, the educational practices that support (or undermine) virtue, as well as political issues from the philosophical perspective of virtue theory. It is a welcome contribution to the study of civic virtue that crosses disciplinary boundaries."Victoria Costa, William & Mary University, USA"A rigorous, timely investigation into the nature and role of civic virtues."Maria Silvia Vaccarezza, University of Genoa, Italy