Virtue as Social Intelligence

Nancy E. Snow is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has published on empathy, compassion, humility, and other topics relevant to moral psychology and virtue ethics.

• IntroductionChapter One, "In Search of Global Traits"Chapter Two, "Habitual Virtuous Actions and Automaticity"Chapter Three, "Social Intelligence and Why It Matters"Chapter Four, "Virtue as Social Intelligence"Chapter Five, "Philosophical Situationism Revisited"Conclusion

"Reports of the death of character are greatly exaggerated. Nancy Snow does a wonderful job of defending the empirical viability of virtue ethics, not by dismissing or ignoring the importance of the social psychological literature, but by properly understanding its significance. This is a must-read for anyone interested in psychologically realistic ethics."-Edward Slingerland, University of British Columbia, Canada"Snow’s book is fascinating and timely. No other book on virtue ethics goes nearly so far in dealing with psychological studies. A must-read for anyone interested in virtue as a category for moral evaluation."-Linda Zagzebski, University of Oklahoma, USA "Nancy Snow’s book, with its focus on the social psychological underpinnings of virtue ethics, is a major contribution to virtue ethical theorizing. In a much needed and insightful discussion, and opposing the situationist critique, she shows how character traits as traditionally conceived have reality and importance."-Christine Swanton, University of Auckland, New Zealand