Placing virtue and the human good in psychology

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Fowers, Blaine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Eudaimonia; Goods; Ideology; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874737964     PISSN: 10688471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025819     Document Type: Article

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