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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

MIT CogNet.

Series:

A Bradford book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology and philosophy.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 487 pages)

Other Title:

Moral psychology.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [1990]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Aspects of identity and agency / Amélie Oksenberg Rorty and David Wong

Identity and strong and weak evaluation / Owen Flanagan

The moral life of a pragmatist / Ruth Anna Putnam

Natural affection and responsibility for character : a critique of Kantian views of the virtues / Gregory Trianosky

On the old saw that character is destiny / Michele Moody-Adams

Hume and moral emotions / Marcia Lind

The place of emotions in Kantian morality / Nancy Sherman

Vocation, friendship, and community : limitations of the personal-impersonal framework / Lawrence A. Blum

Gender and moral luck / Claudia Card

Friendship and duty : some difficult relations / Michael Stocker. Trust, affirmation, and moral character : a critique of Kantian morality / Laurence Thomas

Why honesty is a hard virtue / Annette C. Baier

Higher-order discrimination / Adrian M.S. Piper

Obligation and performance : a Kantian account of moral conflict / Barbara Herman

Rational egoism, self, and others / David O. Brink

Is akratic action always irrational? / Alison McIntyre

Rationality, responsibility, and pathological indifference / Stephen L. White

Some advantages of virtue ethics / Michael Slote

On the primacy of character / Gary Watson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

"[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:

0-262-27276-8

0-585-02430-8

OCLC:

1032576579