Clean Hands: Philosophical Lessons from Scrupulosity

by Jesse S. Summers and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

People with scrupulosity have rigorous, obsessive moral beliefs that lead them to perform extreme, compulsive moral acts. A waitress with this condition checks and rechecks levels of cleaners and solvents to avoid any risk of poisoning her customers. Another individual asks repeatedly whether he fasted correctly, despite swallowing his own saliva. Those with scrupulosity stretch out their prayers for hours to be sure that they have said nothing incorrectly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190058692
• ISBN13: 9780190058692
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"