Journal article
Genes and Virtue: Exploring How Heritability Beliefs Shape Conceptions of Virtue and Its Development
Behavior genetics, Vol.49(2), pp.168-174
03/2019
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/108660
PMID: 29922983
Abstract
In this paper, we provide an overview of our ongoing project in the Genetics and Human Agency Initiative sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation. Our project focuses on the ways that lay beliefs about the heritability of virtue influence reasoning about the nature of virtue, parenting behaviors, and the development of virtue in children. First, we provide philosophical perspectives on the nature of virtue and suggest that viewing virtue as a malleable skill may have important advantages. Next, we review theory and research that highlights the ways that lay heritability beliefs potentially undermine conceptualizations of virtue as a malleable skill. Finally, we discuss how lay heritability beliefs might ultimately affect parent-child interactions and child virtue development. The paper thus provides a brief description our project's theoretical foundation and a general look at the empirical questions it will tackle.
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- Title
- Genes and Virtue: Exploring How Heritability Beliefs Shape Conceptions of Virtue and Its Development
- Creators
- Matthew Vess - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4235 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USARebecca J Brooker - Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4235 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843, USAMatt Stichter - School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Washington State University, PO Box 644880, Pullman, WA, 99164, USAJenae M Neiderhiser - Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, 431 Moore Building, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
- Publication Details
- Behavior genetics, Vol.49(2), pp.168-174
- Academic Unit
- Politics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, School of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900547513701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article