Virtue ethics for social work: A new pedagogy for practical reasoning

Social Work Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 402-415

  Pullen Sansfacon, Annie ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Moral theories; Practical reasoning; Social work education; Socratic dialogue; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952033514     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470902991734     Document Type: Article

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