Book contents
- The Science of Virtue
- The Science of Virtue
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Philosophical Resources and Prospects
- Part II Psychological Resources and Prospects
- Chapter 3 Toward Reconciling the Fragmentation of Virtue Science
- Chapter 4 Moral Development and Virtue
- Chapter 5 Personality and Virtue
- Chapter 6 The Place of Values in Virtue Science
- Part III Organizing Virtue Research with the STRIVE-4 Model
- Part IV The Science and Practice of Virtue
- References
- Index
Chapter 5 - Personality and Virtue
from Part II - Psychological Resources and Prospects
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2024
- The Science of Virtue
- The Science of Virtue
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Philosophical Resources and Prospects
- Part II Psychological Resources and Prospects
- Chapter 3 Toward Reconciling the Fragmentation of Virtue Science
- Chapter 4 Moral Development and Virtue
- Chapter 5 Personality and Virtue
- Chapter 6 The Place of Values in Virtue Science
- Part III Organizing Virtue Research with the STRIVE-4 Model
- Part IV The Science and Practice of Virtue
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter outlines several threads of personality psychology to explore what it can tell us about virtue science. Personality psychology includes structural approaches (e.g., Big 5 and HEXACO), process approaches (e.g., the Cognitive-Affective Processing System or CAPS), integrations of structural and process approaches (e.g., Whole Trait Theory and the Three-Tiered Framework of Personality), and an emerging focus on systematic changes in personality through the lifespan. This research has clarified that traits exist and are measurable, that traits relate predictably to meaningful outcomes, that informant reports correlate to self-reports on personality, and that personality emerges cross-culturally. CAPS was developed to account for situational variation in personality expression. The systematic developmental changes in personality suggest that individuals mature as they adopt important roles in life, such as work and mating relationships. The integrative approaches to personality highlight its multidimensional nature and make it reasonable to consider merging the study of personality and virtue. The chapter concludes by arguing that virtues and personality dimensions are sufficiently different because virtue science emphasizes morality, choice, and practical wisdom, whereas personality theory and research do not. It suggests that traits may be best understood as a genus with at least two species: personality and virtue.
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- The Science of VirtueA Framework for Research, pp. 124 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024