The Virtuous Psychiatrist Character Ethics in Psychiatric Practice, 
Jennifer Radden, John Sadler

Chapter 6 Abstract: Character and Social Role

Abstract: Some tensions inherent in joining the traditional concept 
of character to that of social roles are outlined in Chapter 6. They 
are illustrated through a discussion of the moral psychological 
dangers that attend role morality: inner compartmentalization or lack 
of integrity, inconstant virtues (honored in one role and neglected 
in another), and apparently incompatible roles (such as healer and 
upholder of criminal justice). Some difficulties springing from the 
way virtues are habituated, are also introduced, including the 
ethical status of virtues that are merely feigned (as when the 
practitioner pretends an empathic response to the patient that is not 
wholehearted or genuine).



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