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Philosophical and Psychological Accounts of Expertise and Experts by Matt Stichter

“…There are many philosophical problems surrounding experts, given the power and status accorded to them in society.  We think that what makes someone an expert…”
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Flourishing Goals, Metacognitive Skills, and the Virtue of Wisdom by Stichter, Matt

“…Recent models of wisdom in philosophy and psychology have converged on conceptualizing this intellectual virtue as involving metacognitive processes that…”
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The true self as essentially morally good: An obstacle to virtue development? by Stichter, Matt

“…Psychological research has revealed that there is a strong tendency for people to believe that they have a 'true self', and to believe that this true self is…”
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Learning from Failure: Shame and Emotion Regulation in Virtue as Skill by Stichter, Matt

“…On an account of virtue as skill, virtues are acquired in the ways that skills are acquired. In this paper I focus on one implication of that account that is…”
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Rescuing Fair-Play as a Justification for Punishment by Stichter, Matt K.

“…The debate over whether ‘fair-play’ can serve as a justification for legal punishment has recently resumed with an exchange between Richard Dagger and Antony…”
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Why being morally virtuous enhances well-being: A self-determination theory approach by Arvanitis, Alexios, Stichter, Matt

“…Self-determination theory, like other psychological theories that study eudaimonia, focuses on general processes of growth and self-realization. An aspect that…”
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Virtues as Skills, and The Virtues of Self-Regulation by Stichter, Matt

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It just feels right: an account of expert intuition by Fridland, Ellen, Stichter, Matt

“…One of the hallmarks of virtue is reliably acting well. Such reliable success presupposes that an agent (1) is able to recognize the morally salient features…”
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Replies to Commentators on The Skillfulness of Virtue by Stichter, Matt

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Practical Skills and Practical Wisdom in Virtue by Stichter, Matt

“…This paper challenges a frequent objection to conceptualizing virtues as skills, which is that skills are merely capacities to act well, while virtues…”
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Moral Identity and the Acquisition of Virtue: A Self-Regulation View by Krettenauer, Tobias, Stichter, Matt

“…The acquisition of virtue can be conceptualized as a self-regulatory process in which deliberate practice results in increasingly higher levels of skillfulness…”
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Positive psychology and virtue: Values in action by Stichter, Matt, Saunders, Leland

“…This paper provides an overview of the issues and themes that were discussed on an interdisciplinary panel which occurred at the American Philosophical…”
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Ethical Expertise: The Skill Model of Virtue by Stichter, Matt

“…Julia Annas is one of the few modern writers on virtue that has attempted to recover the ancient idea that virtues are similar to skills. In doing so, she is…”
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Virtues, Skills, and Right Action by Stichter, Matt

“…According to Rosalind Hursthouse's virtue based account of right action, an act is right if it is what a fully virtuous person would do in that situation…”
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The Structure of Death Penalty Arguments by Stichter, Matt

“…In death penalty debates, advocates on both sides have advanced a staggering number of arguments to defend their positions. Many of those arguments fail to…”
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Paul Bloomfield, The Virtues of Happiness: A Theory of the Good Life. Reviewed by Matt Stichter by Stichter, Matt

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Virtue and authenticity in civic life by Vess, Matthew, Stichter, Matt, Hicks, Joshua A., Schlegel, Rebecca J.

“…A robust literature indicates that when people feel that they are expressing and aware of their true selves, they show enhanced psychological health and…”
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Civic Hope and the Perceived Authenticity of Democratic Participation by Maffly-Kipp, Joseph, Holte, Patricia N., Stichter, Matt, Hicks, Joshua A., Schlegel, Rebecca J., Vess, Matthew

“…In two studies, we tested how the expression of civic hope in narratives and the perceived authenticity of civic/political actions relate to civic/political…”
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Genes and Virtue: Exploring How Heritability Beliefs Shape Conceptions of Virtue and Its Development by Vess, Matthew, Brooker, Rebecca J., Stichter, Matt, Neiderhiser, Jenae M.

“…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…”
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Exploring Relations between Beliefs about the Genetic Etiology of Virtue and the Endorsement of Parenting Practices by Rivera, Grace N., Vess, Matthew, Brooker, Rebecca J., Stichter, Matt, Neiderhiser, Jenae M.

“…Objective. We investigated associations between adults' beliefs about the heritability of virtue and endorsements of the efficacy of specific parenting styles…”
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