Virtues and Vices in Positive Psychology: A Philosophical Critique

by Kristján Kristjánsson

Book Overview

Positive psychology is one of the biggest growth industries in the discipline of psychology. At the present time, the subfield of "positive education" seems poised to take the world of education and teacher training by storm. In this first book-length philosophical study of positive psychology, Professor Kristj n Kristj nsson subjects positive psychology's recent inroads into virtue theory and virtue education to sustained conceptual and moral scrutiny...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107025206
• ISBN13: 9781107025202
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"