Moral Psychology

This Element provides an overview of some of the central issues in contemporary moral psychology. It explores what moral psychology is, whether moral judgments always motivate us to act, whether what motivates action is always a desire of some kind, and what the role is of reasoning and deliberation in moral judgment and action.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Introduction to Moral Psychology; 2. Do We Ultimately Care Only about Ourselves? Egoism and the Alternatives; 3. Good Character: What Is It, and Does It Even Exist?; 4. Moral Judgment and Motivation: Motivational Internalism and Impossibilities of Our Wills; 5. What Motivates Us? Humean and Anti-Humean Theories of Motivation; 6. Conscious Moral Reasoning and Our Feelings: Three Views about the Psychology of Moral Judgments.

Summary

This Element provides an overview of some of the central issues in contemporary moral psychology. It explores what moral psychology is, whether moral judgments always motivate us to act, whether what motivates action is always a desire of some kind, and what the role is of reasoning and deliberation in moral judgment and action.

Product details

• Authors: Christian B. Miller, Miller Christian B.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108706438
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70643-8
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Ethics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy