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Educating Desire in Aristotle
In this chapter, I employ Aristotle to investigate the various ways in which a person’s desires may be educated over time. I do so by considering how...
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Development and validation of the aristotelian virtue of conscientiousness scale using Rasch methodology
In the dominant Aristotelian view, virtues are traits that contribute to human flourishing, happiness and well-being. Although some scales in...
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Virtues as a Resilience Factor in the Human Pursuit for Happiness
In the light of Aristotle’s thought, happiness is the supreme good of the human being, but this supreme good is somehow precarious. Human beings are...
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Flourishing as the Aim of Education: An outline—and Ten Remaining Problems
This chapter has two aims. The first aim is to provide an overview of the main themes from my 2020 book, Flourishing as the Aim of Education. The...
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Values, Education, Self, and Identity
Values education has come a long way during the last three decades. Increasingly, educators agree that schools should transmit values rather than...
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Reliability of Greek version of the Toronto empathy questionnaire in medical students and associations with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors
BackgroundEmpathy is an important key driver of any therapeutic relationship. It is beneficial for both physicians and patients. Enhancing...
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Happiness: Perspectives from Positive Psychology
In what ways can the theories and work of positive psychology inform our understanding of happiness? Given that naturally, ‘happiness’ is a central...
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Political Intelligence and Wisdom
Political intelligence encompasses special forms of mental processes that enable an actor to influence their political environment in a goal-oriented...
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Wise Choices for Children: Enabling Students to Develop Their Creative Productivity and Wisdom with Opportunities, Resources, and Encouragement
Many complementary and conflicting theories exist regarding wisdom, creativity, and intelligence, and questions linger about how to define each. Are...
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Human Sexuality and Psychology in Indigenous Perspective: An Introduction
This chapter explores meaning and key topics in psychology of sexuality, history and related perspectives in indigenous sexuality writings,...
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Measuring Virtue: An Aristotelian Perspective on Advancing Positive Psychology
In philosophical discourse, flourishing is widely thought to require the development and exercise of virtues. Positive psychology, as the science of...
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Philosophical Inquiry and Enhancing Adolescents’ General Reasoning Abilities and Well-Being
Historically, critical thinking extends from the time of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and is just as important now as ever. In order for...
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What, if anything, can be considered an amodal sensory dimension?
The term ‘amodal’ is a key topic in several different research fields across experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience, including in the...
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The Essence of What it Is to Act Rationally: A Perspective on Distinctively Human Action Based on Aristotelian Philosophy and Evolutionary Science
The purpose of this article is to understand the distinctively human behavior from Aristotelian ethics and evolutionary science to offer a...
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Decolonial Dynamics of Memories on the Frontier of Social Psychology
How have decolonial practices mobilized Brazilian psychology’s state of the art in the modernity/coloniality conjuncture that has become permanent in...
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Rediscovering the Dynamic of Self-gift and Reciprocity from a Place of Vulnerability
For Aristotle, happiness (eudaimonia) would constitute the end of all human action, whether contemplative, practical, or moral. In such a...
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Shame Dwells in the Eyes: Analysing Social Media Culture Using Aristotle’s Perspectives
Social media is a means for looking, showing and being seen. Shame is an emotion one feels under the eyes of another person. 4IR technologies...