Between Fixed and Fickle : Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahl, Audun.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Moral development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Killing and cheating seem obviously wrong, yet such moral infractions are common. So is morality selfish or irrational? "No," says psychologist Audun Dahl. Moral views are not permanently fixed, but neither are they fickle. Research shows that when people alter their moral views, they do so because they see good reasons for change.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraphs

Contents

Forethoughts

I. Between Fixed and Fickle

1. The Story of The Fixed and Fickle

2. Hypothesizing Reasons for Change

3. Uncovering Reasons for Change

4. Tantalizing Quandaries

II. Why Our Moral Views Keep Changing

5. Why Developmental Changes Have No End

6. Why Situational Changes Have Their Reasons

7. Why Historical Changes Keep Coming

7½ Conclusions

Afterthoughts

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-30405-5

0-674-30406-3

OCLC:

1577548463