Virtue and the Abundant Life: Talks From the 2010 BYU Symposium Book

Virtue is at the very heart of who we are. Finding virtue, cultivating lives of virtue, and passing on the love of virtue and the art of virtuous living to future generations form the core of our purpose in this life. Yet we live in a world that is in desperate need of greater virtue—a world that struggles to understand the very meaning of the word. In the first BYU symposium to address this important topic, fourteen gospel scholars, educators, and civic leaders address such questions as: • What conditions are necessary in order for virtue to flourish? • Why is the virtuous life good? • Why is it important to see ourselves as moral beings? • How do we invite and entice others to do good? Includes chapters by Lloyd D. Newell, Brent L. Top, Robert L. Millet, Camille Fronk Olson, Daniel K Judd, C. Terry Warner, K. Newell Dayley, Terrance D. Olson, James E. Faulconer, Richard Williams, Janet S. Scharman, Emily M. Reynolds, Bradley R. Agle, and Camille Williams.