Given their strong theoretical relevance to both individual and interpersonal adjustment and functioning, it is ironic that the "self-conscious" emotions have been among the most neglected in the research literature. In recent years, however, the study of affect has come into it…
Emotion can result from interpreting group actions as reflecting on the self due to an association between the two. This text considers the nature of collective guilt, the conditions necessary for it to be experienced, how it can be measured, & how it differs from other group ba…
"The notion of conscience remains one of the most widely used concepts and a cornerstone of ordinary moral thinking. This book explores where this widespread confidence in conscience stems from, examining the history of conscience as a moral concept and its characteristic moral …
Guilt and its neighbors -- Commandments and sins -- Guilt and relationships -- Guilt without transgression -- The pathology of guilt -- The development of moral judgment -- The evolution of guilt -- Guilt in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- Guilt in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Co…
Katchadourian first explores the ways in which guilt functions within individual lives and intimate relationships, looking at behaviors that typically induce guilt in both historical and modern contexts. He then turns to the way the capacity for moral judgments develops within t…