Moral Psychology

A Contemporary Introduction
2. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-38848-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

Reihe: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy

Released in 2014, this was the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: what is moral motivation? Do reasons for action always depend on desires? Is emotion or reason at the heart of moral judgment? Under what conditions are people morally responsible? Are there self-interested reasons for people to be moral?

The Second Edition of Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction, updates its responses to these questions, taking advantage of the explosion of recent research from philosophers and psychologists on these topics, and adding a chapter on the question of whether morality is innate or learned. As before, the book emphasizes the relationship between traditional and interdisciplinary approaches to moral psychology and aims to carefully explain how empirical research is (or is not) relevant to philosophical inquiry. The bulleted summaries, study questions, and lists for further readings at the end of each chapter have been updated.

Key Updates to the Second Edition:

- Includes a new opening section on human nature, borrowing material from elsewhere in the book

- Adds a new chapter on evolutionary and developmental arguments for the innateness of morality

- Expands coverage of the challenges to psychological research, including the replication crisis and the WEIRDness challenge

- Provides a new section on implicit bias and moral responsibility

- Offers enhanced clarity and accessibility throughout

- Includes up-to-date further reading sections and bibliography

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tiberius, Valerie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: What is Moral Psychology? Part I: Human Nature: What are We Like and What Does it Matter? Chapter 2. The Starting Points of Morality Chapter 3. Moral Motivation and Selfishness Chapter 4. Why Be Moral?: Moral Reasons and Well-Being Part II: Moral Motivation and Moral Judgment Chapter 5. Desires and Reasons Chapter 6. Emotion and Moral Judgment Chapter 7. Sentimentalism and Rationalism Chapter 8. Brains, Biases, and Trolleys Chapter 9. Virtue Part III: Agency and Moral Responsibility Chapter 10. The Psychology of the Responsible Agent Chapter 11. Moral Responsibility, Free Will, and Determinism Chapter 12. Conclusion. Index

Über Autor(innen)

Valerie Tiberius is Professor of Philosophy and the Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Her previous books include – in addition to the First Edition of Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2014) – What Do You Want out of Life?: A Philosophical Guide to Figuring Out What Matters (Princeton University Press, 2023), Well-Being as Value Fulfilment: How We Can Help Each Other to Live Well (Oxford University Press, 2018), and The Reflective Life: Living Wisely with Our Limits (Oxford University Press, 2008).