In this ground-breakiing collection of articles, ten respected philosophers discuss everyday virtues, including generosity of spirit, gratitude, hope, patience and trust. Martha C. Nussbaum describes the cognitive dimensions of compassion; Robert Solomon argues that love must have reasons; Eamonn Callan contends that patience has as much value as courage. Clifford Williams' Introduction places the virtues into the contemporary context and discusses each one treated in the book.

Acknowledgements Introduction Generosity of Spirit; J.Kupfer Gratitude and Justice; P.Boleyn-Fitzgerald Humility; N.E.Snow The Practice of Pride; T.Smith The Cognitive Structure of Compassion; M.C.Nussbaum Reasons for Love; R.C.Solomon The Value of Hope; L.Bovens Patience and Courage; E.Callan Forgivingness; R.C.Roberts Trust as an Affective Attitude; K.Jones Sources Index

PATRICK BOLEYN-FITZGERALD Department of Philosophy, Lawrence University, USA
LUC BOVENS Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
EAMONN CALLAN School of Education, Stanford University, USA
KAREN JONES Department of Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia
JOSEPH KUPFER Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Iowa State University, USA
MARTHA C. NUSSBAUM Law School, University of Chicago, USA
ROBERT C. ROBERTS Department of Philosophy, Baylor University, USA
TARA SMITH Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA
NANCY E. SNOW Department of Philosophy, Marquette University, USA
ROBERT C. SOLOMON Department of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, USA