Sentimental Rules: On the Natural Foundations of Moral Judgment

by Shaun Nichols

Book Overview

Sentimental Rules is an ambitious and highly interdisciplinary work, which proposes and defends a new theory about the nature and evolution of moral judgment. In it, philosopher Shaun Nichols develops the theory that emotions play a critical role in both the psychological and the cultural underpinnings of basic moral judgment. Nichols argues that our norms prohibiting the harming of others are fundamentally associated with our emotional responses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195314204
• ISBN13: 9780195314205
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"