Responsibility, character, and the emotions : new essays in moral psychology / edited by Ferdinand Schoeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schoeman, Ferdinand David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Responsibility.

Character.

Emotions--Moral and ethical aspects.

Emotions.

Physical Description:

ix, 358 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Summary:

This volume of original essays addresses a range of issues concerning the responsibility individuals have for their actions and for their characters. Among the central questions considered are the following: What scope is there for regarding a person as responsible for his or her character given genetic and environmental factors? Does an account of responsibility provide a legitimate basis for the retributive emotions? Are we ever justified in feeling guilty for occurrences over which we have no control? Does responsibility for the consequences of our acts require that they were intended or simply expected? How have a number of influential previous philosophers, including Aristotle, Maimonides, and Spinoza, approached these questions?

Contents:

Part I Responsibility and Character

2 Identification and Wholeheartedness / Harry Frankfurt 27

3 Sanity and the Metaphysics of Responsibility / Susan Wolf 46

4 Unfreedom and Responsibility / Patricia Greenspan 63

5 Responsiveness and Moral Responsibility / John Martin Fischer 81

6 Determinism and Freedom in Spinoza, Maimonides, and Aristotle: A Rotrospective Study / Lenn E. Goodman 107

7 Emotions, Responsibility, and Character / John Sabini, Maury Silver 165

Part II Responsibility and Culpability

8 The Moral Worth of Retribution / Michael S. Moore 179

9 Nonmoral Guilt / Herbert Morris 220

10 Provocation and Culpability / Andrew von Hirsch, Nils Jareborg 241

11 Responsibility and the Limits of Evil: Variations on a Strawsonian Theme / Gary Watson 256

12 Statistical Norms and Moral Attributions / Ferdinand Schoeman 287

13 Guilt, Punishment, and Desert / Richard Burgh 316

14 Intention, Foreseeability, and Responsibility / Gerald Dworkin 338.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0521327202

0521339510

OCLC:

16225264