The Character of Virtue: Letters to a Godson

Short review: This is a helpful book of wisdom about virtue written from a godparent to a godson. That the godparent is Hauerwas is why we are reading it. But this type of wisdom transfer I think is something we need to encourage and is important to the development of virtue. Virtue needs to be encouraged and worked out over time. I think for those elders that do show evidence of virtue, we need to be mining them for wisdom, stories and experience, and time to help us understand both how to acquire virtue, but also realistic issues of weakness. Perfection is not part of the deal as humans. So I think there needs to be more discussion of the limitations of striving after virtue.

But what is here is helpful and accessible. I listened to the audiobook mostly, which was good. But this is a book that is probably better to read slowly and reread again later.

my full review about 850 words is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/character-of-virtue/