Moral psychology: a contemporary introduction
"This is the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: What is moral motivation? Do reasons for action always depend on desires? Is emotion or reason at the heart of moral judgment? Under what conditions are people morally responsible? Are there self-interested reasons for people to be moral? Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction presents research by philosophers and psychologists on these topics, and addr…
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- Full title :Moral psychology : a contemporary introduction / Valerie Tiberius.
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"This is the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: What is moral motivation? Do reasons for action always depend on desires? Is emotion or reason at the heart of moral judgment? Under what conditions are people morally responsible? Are there self-interested reasons for people to be moral? Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction presents research by philosophers and psychologists on these topics, and addresses the overarching question of how empirical research is (or is not) relevant to philosophical inquiry."--Provided by publisher.
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- Publication Date:2015, cop. 2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015, cop. 2015.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 vol. (xiii-241 p.) ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0415529697, 9780415529693, 0415529689, 9780415529686
- oclc:ocn919312794
- LC Classification:BJ45
- Dewey Decimal:170
Table of Contents
Part 1. Moral psychology and moral philosophy -- What is moral psychology? -- What are philosophers doing here? -- Part 2. Motivation and moral motivation: The basics -- Moral motivation: what it is and isn't -- Desires and reasons -- Part 3. Moral motivation -- Emotion and moral judgment -- Sentimentalism and rationalism -- Virtue -- Part 4. Agency and moral responsibility -- The psychology of the responsible agent -- Moral responsibility, free will and determinism -- Part 5. Three big questions -- Why be moral?: Well-being and the good life -- How do we know what is morally right?: Moral psychology and moral knowledge -- Can you get an ought from an is? -- Final thoughts
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