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From Virtue to Flourishing: Mapping the Self and Social Pathways of Hospitality

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Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research: The Professional Journal of the Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education

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Abstract

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, Volume 50, Issue 7, Page 1047-1064, September 2026.
Drawing on classical virtue ethics and positive psychology, this paper explores how the enactment of hospitality—through empathy, execution, and embrace—contributes to human flourishing. Central to this process isphronesis, or practical wisdom, which ...