From Athens to America
Subtitle: virtues and the formulation of public policy
By: Lewis D. Solomon
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: Social ethics; Virtue; Policy sciences -- Moral and ethical aspects; Social policy -- Moral and ethical aspects; United States -- Social policy -- Moral and ethical aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193])  and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Aristotle : virtues and the social order; title: Abraham Maslow : humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, and human nature; title: The Judeo-Christian tradition and selected virtues; title: Public policies to enhance self-esteem by lessening social pathologies; title: Public policies to promote joy and optimism by funding mental health services and parenting education; title: Public policies to encourage equanimity by reducing stress; title: Public policies to heighten personal responsibility by promoting marriage and discouraging divorce; title: Neuropharmacology and its impact on virtues and the formulation of public policy