The chapter was published in The Routledge Companion to Jewish Philosophy
A chapter co-authored by Geoffrey Claussen, Lori and Eric Sklut Professor in Jewish Studies and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Elon University, and Christian B. Miller, A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University, was published in “The Routledge Companion to Jewish Philosophy.”
The chapter is titled “Character and Musar,” and explores diverse Jewish approaches to questions about moral character, especially within the genre of “musar literature” focused on character and virtue.
Claussen is the author of books focused on moral character, including Modern Musar: Contested Virtues in Jewish Thought and Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar. Miller is the author of books focused on character including Moral Character: An Empirical Theory and Character and Moral Psychology.
“The Routledge Companion to Jewish Philosophy” brings diverse perspectives to bear on the key topics, problems, and debates in Jewish philosophy and philosophical theology. The 37 chapters were written by an international team of experts from different traditions in philosophy and beyond.