Virtues, Democracy, and Online Media

Nancy E. Snow is Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oklahoma. Her recent publications include Understanding Virtue: Theory and Measurement with Jennifer Cole Wright and Michael T. Warren, and Contemporary Virtue Ethics.Maria Silvia Vaccarezza is Assistant Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Genova (Italy), and Secretary of Aretai – Center on Virtues, based at the same university. Among the journals where she has published lately are: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, the Review of Philosophy and Psychology, the International Journal of Philosophical Studies, and the Journal of Value Inquiry.

• IntroductionMaria Silvia Vaccarezza and Nancy E. SnowPart I. Perspectives on the Post-Truth Problem1. Democratic Truth-Seeking, Tribal Epistemologies, and TrustNancy E. Snow2. Democracy, Information Technology, and Virtue EpistemologyJason Baehr3. Misinformation and Intentional Deception: A Novel Account of Fake NewsMichel Croce and Tommaso Piazza4. Post-Truth, False Balance and Virtuous GatekeepingAlfred Archer and Natascha Rietdijk5. Psychological Processes in Social Media: Implications for DemocracyShane Connelly, Marina Mery, and Keith Strasbaugh6. The Halo Effect, Post-Truth Communication, and Practical WisdomClaudia Navarini, Allegra Indraccolo, Elena Ricci, and Ricardo BrunettiPart II: Roles for Virtue7. Patience, Love of Truth, and Navigating Online Media in an Age of DistractionJason Kawall8. Anger, Moral Address and Claimant InjusticeAlessandra Tanesini9. Reconceiving Civic Competence for the Digital AgeRena Beatrice Goldstein10. The Virtues of the E-InterlocutorHoward J. CurzerPart III: Epistemic Partisanship: Pro and Con11. Partisanship and Epistemic PartialityValeria Ottonelli 12. Partisanship as Virtue and ViceYuval Eylon13. Post-factualism, Political Communication and the Role of CitizensMaria Paola Ferretti

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