The moral mind / Henry Haslam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haslam, Henry, author.

Series:

Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm))

Societas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter, United Kingdom ; Charlottesville, Virginia : Imprint Academic, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The reality and validity of the moral sense - which ordinary people take for granted - took a battering in the last century. Materialist trends in philosophy, decline in religious faith, and a loosening of traditional moral constraints contributed to a shift in public attitudes, with many decent honest folk both aware of a questioning of moral claims and uneasy with a world that has no place for the moral dimension. Haslam shows how important the moral sense is to the human personality and exposes the weakness in much current thinking that suggests otherwise. His goal is to help the reader to

Contents:

Cover ; Contents; Front matter ; Title page ; Publisher information ; Preface; Body matter ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Setting the Scene ; 2-1. The Denial of Moral Values; 2-2. Perspectives on the Moral Sense; 2-3. Morality Means Choice; 3 Manifestations of Morality ; 3-1. The Morality of Instinct: Our Animal Ancestry; 3-2. The Morality of Custom: To Conform or to Challenge ; 3-3. The Morality of Beyond: Reaching Out; 4 Towards a New Consensus ; 4-1. Trying to Account for the Moral Mind; 4-2. Some Conclusions; Back matter ; References; Index; Also available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [99]-104) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84540-808-X

1-84540-809-8