Virtue Theory & Research
FEATURED GRANT
The Two Moralities: The Debate on Alleged Moral Decline or Progress
Michael Mosbacher, Director
Social Affairs Unit (London UK)
This grant supported a project to elevate and refine the debate about alleged moral decline or progress. Twelve academics and writers researched twelve sets of virtues – six traditional and six modern. Their work is collected in the edited volume Decadence: The Passing of Personal Virtue and Its Replacement by Political and Psychological Slogans, published by Social Affairs Unit in 2005. The book and its conclusions have been broadly disseminated.
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Sample Grants
| Grant Title |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
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- Towards Improving On-Campus Academic Integrity: New Research into Moral Development, Moral Education, and Institutional Cultures
Timothy
Dodd, Executive Director
Dr.
Diane M. Waryold, Former Executive Director
Center
for Academic Integrity
Duke
University (Durham NC) - This
initiative established a Templeton Research Fellowship program to encourage
established and emerging scholars to pursue research aimed at improving
academic integrity within campus communities. Via presentations at research
institutions and conferences, the Templeton Fellows are disseminating new
knowledge on the gap between ethical beliefs and behaviors. Their research
is being prepared for publication in a special 2007 edition of Ethics and
Behavior.
|
November 2003 |
$155,636 |
- Character Education – The Formation of Virtues and Dispositions in the 16-19 Age Range
Professor James Arthur, Director
National Institute for Christian Education Research [NICER] - This grant
supports the research, evaluation and re-mapping of character education in
Britain. The goal of the initiative is to release a set of research publications
to help catalyze new approaches to character education among 16- to 19-year
olds.
|
September 2004 |
$356,262 |
