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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.
List of contents
Introduction: A Framework for Thinking about Guilt and its Value / Part I: Understanding Guilt / 1. On the distinction between shame and guilt Heidi Maibom / 2. Guilt and Empathy: A Study of the Psychopaths Emotional Deficits John Deigh / 3. What Guilt is Not Gil Harman & Corey Maley / 4. The Evolution of Guilt and Its Non-Instrumental Enactments Blaine Fowers / 5. Guilt as an Internalized Social Emotion: Theoretical Resolution and Empirical Evidence Roger Giner-Sorolla and Darren McGee / 6. Heteronomous Guilt Raffaele Rodogno Part II: Evaluating Guilt / 7. A Thomist Argument for the Conscience Principle Anne Jeffery / 8. Conscience and Guilt: Christianity, Kant, and Nietzsche on moral psychology Sophie-Grace Chappell / 9. Kant on Conscience and Self-Knowledge, and Guilt and Shame Laura Papish / 10. Unacceptable Guilt: Moral Perfectionism and Deontological Guilt in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Juliette Vazard & Julien Deonna / 11. Nietzsche on the Possibility and Value of Guilt-free Societies Reid Blackman / 12. Guilt, Shame, and Confucian Moral Psychology Bongrae Seok / Part III: Guilt and Temporal Agency / 13. The Irrationality of Anticipatory Guilt Ali Kerr / 14. Past-, Present- and Future-Oriented Dimensions of Guilt Heidy Meriste
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Edited by Bradford Cokelet and Corey J. Maley
Summary
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.
