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Jonathan Haidt

“The philosopher Edmund Pincoffs has argued that consequentialists and deontologists worked together to convince Westerners in the twentieth century that morality is the study of moral quandaries and dilemmas. Where the Greeks focused on the character of a person and asked what kind of person we should each aim to become, modern ethics focuses on actions, asking when a particular action is right or wrong. ... This turn from character ethics to quandary ethics has turned moral education away from virtues and toward moral reasoning. If morality is about dilemmas, then moral education is training in problem solving.”

Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
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The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
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