Sentimental rules : on the natural foundations of moral judgment / Shaun Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Shaun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotivism.

Physical Description:

x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Summary:

This ambitious and highly interdisciplinary work proposes and defends a new theory about the nature and evolution of moral judgment. Shaun Nichols' theory is that emotions play a critical role in both the psychological and the cultural underpinnings of basic moral judgment, in that our norms prohibiting the harming of others are fundamentally associated with our emotional responses to those harms. Furthermore, Nichols argues that such 'sentimental rules' enjoy an advantage in culture evolution, which partly explains the success of certain moral norms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-217) and index.

ISBN:

0195169344

OCLC:

52495036