The Psychology of Habit Formation and Christian Moral Wisdom on Virtue Formation

The Psychology of Habit Formation and Christian Moral Wisdom on Virtue Formation

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In this paper, I provide an overview of the Christian moral wisdom with respect to virtue formation and character cultivation.I focus in particular on some warnings issued by the great teachers on these topics lolasalinas.com with respect to the motivations one ought to have in the Christian life.I then discuss some findings of contemporary psychology on habit formation which seem hbl5266ca to be at odds with the warnings in Christian moral wisdom.I argue that while there is surface discord between the contemporary psychology of habit formation and Christian moral wisdom, there is in fact a deep concord between them.