Browsing OU - Dissertations by Author "Badhwar, Neera K.,"

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    • Democratic virtues: Solidarity, tolerance, and reflective obedience. 

      Singleton, Thomas Jackson, Jr. (2002)
      To defend itself, a liberal democracy should promote three virtues: solidarity, tolerance, and reflective obedience. Each helps avoid the conditions Plato fears. Solidarity builds a sense of community to overcome factionalism. ...

    • Self-knowledge and moral virtue. 

      Poorman Dougherty, Kathleen A. (2000)
      The claim that virtue requires self-knowledge may seem banal, but it has been challenged by recent claims that certain virtues, such as modesty, require ignorance of self and that self-deceived persons are both happier and ...