Practical guilt : moral dilemmas, emotions, and social norms / P.S. Greenspan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenspan, Patricia S., 1944- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guilt.

Emotions (Philosophy).

Social norms.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This treatise argues that dilemmas may be regarded as possible consequences of a set of social rules designed to be simple enough to be teachable. The author shows how emotional capacities can affect the very content of morality by providing its motivational force.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; I. BETWEEN THE HORNS; 1. Defusing Dilemmas; 2. Practical Oughts and Prohibitions; 3. Motivational Foundations of Conflict; II. SENSIBILITY AND STANDPOINTS; 4. Moral Residues; 5. Unavoidable Guilt; 6. Basing Ethics on Emotion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773137-6

0-19-534470-7

1-280-44170-4

1-4237-6499-4

OCLC:

476011055