Moralistics and Psychomoralistics - A Unified Cognitive Science of Moral Intuition

This book brings together three distinct research programs in moral psychology - Moral Foundations Theory, Cognitive Adaptations for Social Exchange and the Linguistic Analogy in Moral Psychology - and shows that they can be combined to create a unified cognitive science of moral intuition.

List of contents

1. The project and its theoretical framework 2. Unifying cognitive science of moral intuition 3. Introducing Moralistics and Psychomoralistics

About the author

Graham Wood is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. His research examines the relationship between human values and a scientific understanding of the human condition and draws on insights from moral philosophy, moral psychology, evolutionary psychology, and cognitive science.

Summary

This book brings together three distinct research programs in moral psychology – Moral Foundations Theory, Cognitive Adaptations for Social Exchange and the Linguistic Analogy in Moral Psychology – and shows that they can be combined to create a unified cognitive science of moral intuition.

Product details

• Authors: Graham Wood
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032071718
• ISBN: 978-1-032-07171-8
• No. of pages: 78
• Weight: 170 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Focus on Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Evolution, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Ethics & moral philosophy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Ethics and moral philosophy, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Evolution / Evolutionary biology