Explores the flipside of the banality of evil, mapping out what impels ordinary people to defy the sway of authority and convention. Through the dramatic stories of unlikely resisters who feel the flicker of conscience when thrust into morally compromising situations, the author…
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International experts in the field contribute to this broad overview of the relevant research on the development of moral emotions and on the Kohlberian-originated cognitive aspects of moral development.
"We can see a theft, hear a lie, and feel a stabbing. These are morally important perceptions. But are they also moral perceptions -- distinctively moral responses? In this book, Robert Audi develops an original account of moral perceptions, shows how they figure in human experi…
Presenting a portrait of these dangerous men and women based on 25 years of distinguished scientific research, Dr. Robert D. Hare describes a world of con artists, hustlers, rapists, and other predators who charm, lie, and manipulate their way through life. Are psychopaths mad, …
The identity and role of writing has evolved in the age of digital media. But how did writing itself make digital media possible in the first place? Lydia H. Liu offers here the first rigorous study of the political history of digital writing and its fateful entanglement with th…
