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List of figures Preface and acknowledgements Chapter 1 Universities as civic spaces The structure of the book Troubled times Civic spaces, civic leadership Academic professionalism: a changing profession Conclusion Chapter 2 Universities as places of learning Stratification, fractionalisation and atomisation Management, money and marketing! Change from the inside-out Academic professionalism: a learning profession Conclusion Chapter 3 Universities as deliberative spaces A failure of nerve Reclaiming a sense of purpose Whose freedom? Whose spaces? Academic professionalism: a profession of values Conclusion Chapter 4 Truthfulness: accuracy and sincerity The Socratic legacy The virtues in practice The notion of truthfulness The integrity of practice: truthfulness Conclusion Chapter 5 Respect: attentiveness and honesty The notion of respect Respect as recognition Attentiveness and honesty The integrity of practice: respect Conclusion Chapter 6 Authenticity: courage and compassion The notion of authenticity Authenticity and the emotions Courage and compassion The integrity of practice: authenticity Conclusion Chapter 7 Magnanimity: autonomy and care The notion of magnanimity Towards a cosmopolitan magnanimity Autonomy and care The integrity of practice: magnanimity Conclusion Chapter 8 Relationships of virtue The social content of hope The notion of virtuous relationships Inter-personal conditions for virtual relationships Actualising relationships of virtue Conclusion Chapter 9 Virtuous institutions Beyond decency The cost of utopia The conditions for institutional flourishing Working towards a good society Conclusion References