The Emotional Construction of Morals

by Jesse J. Prinz

Book Overview

Jesse Prinz argues that recent work in philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology supports two radical hypotheses about the nature of morality: moral values are based on emotional responses, and these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection.

In the first half of the book, Jesse Prinz defends the hypothesis that morality has an emotional foundation. Evidence from brain imaging, social psychology,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019928301X
• ISBN13: 9780199283019
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"