Virtuous Minds: Intellectual Character Development
Philip E. Dow
nov 2022 · Tantor Media Inc · Narración de Adam Barr
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Our culture today is in a state of crisis where intellectual virtue is concerned. Dishonesty, cheating, arrogance, laziness, cowardice-such vices are rampant in society, even among the world's most prominent leaders. We find ourselves in an ethical vacuum, as the daily headlines of our newspapers confirm again and again. Central to the problem is the state of education. We live in a technological world that has ever greater access to new information and yet no idea what to do with it all. In this wise and winsome book, Philip Dow presents a case for the recovery of intellectual character. He explores seven key virtues-courage, carefulness, tenacity, fair-mindedness, curiosity, honesty, and humility-and discusses their many benefits. The recovery of virtue, Dow argues, is not about doing the right things, but about becoming the right kind of person. The formation of intellectual character produces a way of life that demonstrates love for both God and neighbor. Dow has written an eminently practical guide to a life of intellectual virtue designed especially for parents and educators. The book concludes with seven principles for a true education.
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Philip E. Dow is superintendent of Rosslyn Academy in Nairobi, Kenya. Dow has over a decade of classroom experience teaching advanced courses in social studies and history at the high school level. He is the author of School in the Clouds: The Rift Valley Academy Story.
Adam Barr, a recovering lawyer, former golf industry executive, former singing telegram messenger, and former print and television reporter, now bends the energy of all those "formers" toward his passion for acting and singing. He lives near New York City with his family.
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