The Routledge International Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Character Development, Volume I : Conceptualizing and Defining Character (Paperback)

Section 1: Introduction  1. Contemporary Character Development Scholarship: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives;  Section 2: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Character Development  2. Epigenetics and Character Virtue Development  3. Character Virtues in Developmental Science  4. The Economic Approach to Personality, Character and Virtue  5. PRIMED for Character Education: Deriving Design Principles for Effective Practice from Empirical Evidence  6. Changing the Character of Schools: Promoting Servant Leadership Virtues to Solve Internationally Relevant Problems in Education  7. Educating for Character in the Sexual Domain: Why It Matters and How to Do It  8. Character Development in Higher Education  9. The Use and Inculcation of Character in Law: Challenges Reflected Throughout United States’ Legal Systems  10: Character Development in Leadership and Organizational Studies  11: Contact with the vir fortis: Character Education and the Roman Practice of Declamation  12. Character Virtue Development in Military Science  13. The Philosophical Foundations of Character Virtue Development  14. Political Science Approaches to the Character Virtues  15. Character Virtues in Positive Psychology  16. Character-Minded Evaluation: Recognizing and Activating the Essential Role of Character in High-Quality Evaluation  17. The Culture of Character: Sociological Perspectives  18. Theological Perspectives on Beliefs and Communities of Practice: Virtue Systems as an Integrative Approach for Psychologists;  Section 3: Instances of Character Development  19. Developing Civic Character  20. Courage: Moral and Physical Dimensions  21. Justice: Where Aristotle and Kohlberg Meet   22. On Forgiveness and Character Development: Description, Explanation, and Optimization  23. Gratitude: From Relational Emotion to Contextualized Virtue Inclusive of Indebtedness  24. Dynamics of Intellectual Humility  25. Intellectual Virtues  26. Kindness: A Path to Human Growth and Connectedness  27. The Development of Morality and the Character System: Implications for the Notion of Virtue  28. Personal Liberty, Mutual Respect, and Tolerance  29. Feeling Good and Feeling Thankful: The Role of Positive Emotions in Sustaining Early Prosocial Behavior  30. Purpose through the Lens of Character Virtue Development