Explorations in the Meanings of Excellence and Its Importance for Counselors: The Culture of Excellence in the United States

✍ Scribed by Alan E. Stewart

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 114 KB
• Volume: 88
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1556-6678
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00008.x

✦ Synopsis

Contemporary narratives of excellence embody the competitive striving and achievement themes underlying the idea of American exceptionalism. The author examines excellence through Aristotle's (trans. 2002) Nicomachean Ethics. An overemphasis on winning or excelling can undermine general human excellence and harm well‐being. Counselors are encouraged to embrace general human excellence and to challenge narratives of excellence.