Assessing the role of virtue ethics in psychology: A commentary on the work of Blaine Fowers, Frank Richardson, and Brent Slife

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-49

  Aho, Kevin A ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Hermeneutics; Naturalism; Selfhood; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874694852     PISSN: 10688471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025829     Document Type: Note

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