Identity, character, and morality : essays in moral psychology / edited by Owen Flanagan and Amélie Oksenberg Rorty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MIT CogNet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology and philosophy.

Ethics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 487 pages)

Other Title:

Moral psychology.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [1990]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Many philosophers believe that normative ethics is in principle independent of psychology. By contrast, the authors of these essays explore the interconnections between psychology and moral theory. They investigate the psychological constraints on realizable ethical ideals and articulate the psychological assumptions behind traditional ethics. They also examine the ways in which the basic architecture of the mind, core emotions, patterns of individual development, social psychology, and the limits on human capacities for rational deliberation affect morality.

Notes:

"[Some essays] were first presented at the conference Character and Morality held at Radcliffe College in April 1988"--Acknowledgements.

"A Bradford book."

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0262272768

9780262272766

OCLC:

1032576579

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