Moral Psychology of Guilt (eBook)

Bradford Cokelet, Corey J. Maley (Herausgeber)

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2019
340 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield International (Verlag)
978-1-78660-966-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Philosophers and psychologists come together to think systematically about the nature and value of guilt, looking at the biological origins and psychological nature of guilt, and then discussing the culturally enriched conceptions of this vital moral emotion.

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In most Western societies, guilt is widely regarded as a vital moral emotion. In addition to playing a central role in moral development and progress, many take the capacity to feel guilt as a defining feature of morality itself: no truly moral person escapes the pang of guilt when she has done something wrong. But proponents of guilt's importance face important challenges, such as distinguishing healthy from pathological forms of guilt, and accounting for the fact that not all cultures value guilt in the same way, if at all. In this volume, philosophers and psychologists come together to think more systematically about the nature and value of guilt. The book begins with chapters on the biological origins and psychological nature of guilt and moves on to discuss the culturally enriched conceptions of guilt and its value that we find in various eastern and western philosophic traditions. In addition, numerous chapters discuss healthy or morally valuable forms guilt and their pathological or irrational shadows.

Autor

lt;span>Bradford Cokelet is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas



Corey J. Maley (PhD) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas

Inhalt

Introduction Bradford Cokelet & Corey Maley / Section I: The Nature and Measurement of Guilt / 1. The Feeling of Guilt Corey Maley & Gilbert Harman / 2. On the Distinction Between Shame and GuiltHeidi L. Maibom / 3. Empathy and Conscience: An Essay on Guilt John Deigh / 4. Against Exclusively Retrospective Guilt Heidy Meriste / 5. Anticipatory Guilt Alison Duncan Kerr / Section II: Understanding Guilt and Its Functions / 6. The Evolution of Guilt and Its Non-Instrumental Enactments Blaine J. Fowers / 7. Improving Our Understanding of Guilt by Focusing on Its (Inter)personal Consequences Ilona E. De Hooge / 8. How Guilt Serves Social Functions From Within Darren McGee&Roger Giner-Sorolla / 9. One Reactive Attitude to Rule Them All Nicholas Sars / Section III: Evaluating Guilt / 10. Darker sides of guilt: The case of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Juliette Vazard & Julien Deonna / 11. Nietzsche’s Repudiation of Guilt Reid Blackman / 12. Conscience and Guilt from St Paul to Nietzsche Sophie-Grace Chappell / 13. A Thomistic View of Conscience and Guilt Anne Jeffrey / 14. Kant and Williams on Guilt, Shame, and the Morality System Laura Papish / 15. Moral Autonomy and Relationality of Confucian Shame: Beyond Western Guilt and Shame Bongrae Seok

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Moral Psychology of the Emotions
• Zusatzinfo: 4 Illustrations including: - 1 Black & White Illustrations; - 3 Tables.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
• Schlagworte: moral psychology • philosophy of psychology • philosophy of the emotions • Psychology • shame and guilt
• ISBN-10: 1-78660-966-5 / 1786609665
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78660-966-3 / 9781786609663