Moral Psychology of Guilt

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 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

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Edited by Bradford Cokelet and Corey J. Maley

Product details

• Authors: Bradford Maley Cokelet
• Assisted by: Bradford Cokelet (Editor), Corey J. Maley (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781538165478
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6547-8
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Moral Psychology of the Emotions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Methodology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Empiricism, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy: Enlightenment