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Nancy Snow and Scott Beck

Dr. Snow is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma. She is the author of Virtue as Social Intelligence: An Empirically Grounded Theory (Routledge, 2009) and over thirty papers on virtue and ethics more broadly. She has also edited or co-edited seven volumes: In the Company of Others: Perspectives on Community, Family, and Culture (Rowman & Littlefield 1996); Legal Philosophy: Multiple Perspectives (Mayfield, 1999); Stem Cell Research: New Frontiers in Science and Ethics (Notre Dame, 2004); Cultivating Virtue: Perspectives from Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology (Oxford, 2014); The Philosophy and Psychology of Character and Happiness (Routledge, 2014); Developing the Virtues: Integrating Perspectives, and The Oxford Handbook of Virtue. She is currently revising a monograph on hope, writing one on virtue ethics and virtue epistemology, and co-authoring a book on virtue measurement.

Dr. Scott Beck is the Principal at Norman High School, a partner school with the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Beck has also served in Norman Public Schools as an Assistant Principal and as a social studies teacher. Prior to coming to Norman in 2004, Dr. Beck worked in the Moore Public Schools, Wayne County, Georgia, and at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School in Oklahoma City. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, a Master's degree in Education Administration, Curriculum and Supervision from the University of Oklahoma, and a PhD in Education Leadership and Policy Studies from OU as well. Dr. Beck is a National Board Certified teacher and lives in Norman.

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Teaching Virtue

February 19, 2018
Can virtue be taught?  The question is a controversial one, harking back to Confucianism and the Platonic dialogues. We assume that virtue can be taught in the sense that teachers can influence character development in their students and explore the challenges and opportunities of teaching virtue from a variety of...

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