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The emotional construction of morals / Jesse J. Prinz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prinz, Jesse J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- Emotions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Jesse Prinz presents a bravura argument for highly controversial claims about morality, which go to the heart of our understanding of ourselves. He argues that moral values are based on emotional responses, and that these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-160862-9
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