Identity, Character, and Morality: Essays in Moral Psychology

by Owen J. Flanagan

Book Overview

Many philosophers believe that normative ethics is in principle independent of psychology. By contrast, the authors of these essays explore the interconnections between psychology and moral theory. They investigate the psychological constraints on realizable ethical ideals and articulate the psychological assumptions behind traditional ethics. They also examine the ways in which the basic architecture of the mind, core emotions, patterns of individual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262560747
• ISBN13: 9780262560740
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher