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
Author(s): Valerie Tiberius
Series: Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
Edition: 2
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 273
City: New York
Cover
Endorsements
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
A Note about Pronouns
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: What Is Moral Psychology?
Questions and Methods
How Are Psychology and Ethics Related?
Structure and Aims of the Book
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
Part I: Human Nature: What Are We Like and What Does It Matter?
2. The Starting Points of Morality
Drafts, Starting Points, and Taste Buds
What's the Evidence?
What's in the Draft?
What Does It Mean for Ethics?
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Reading
3. Moral Motivation and Selfishness
Moral Theories and Moral Motivation
The Challenge of Psychological Egoism
Psychological Egoism and Empirical Research
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
4. Why Be Moral?: Moral Reasons and Well-Being
Prudential Reasons and "Good For"
Theories of Well-Being
Psychological Evidence for the Well-Being-Morality Link
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
Part II: Moral Motivation and Moral Judgment
5. Desires and Reasons
Background and Overview
Reasons Internalism and Externalism
The Humean Theory of Motivation
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
6. Emotion and Moral Judgment
What Is an Emotion?
Emotions and Moral Judgment
Amoralists, Psychopaths, and the Debate between Moral Judgment Internalism and Externalism
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
7. Sentimentalism and Rationalism
Rationalism and Sophisticated Sentimentalism
The Kantian Challenge to Sophisticated Sentimentalism
The Empirical Threat to Rationalism
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
8. Brains, Biases, and Trolleys
The Attack on Intuitions: Biases and Trolleyology
Intuitions, Intuitionism, and Reflective Equilibrium
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
9. Virtue
What Kind of State Is a Virtue?
Should We Aspire to Virtue? The Empirical Challenge
Defending Virtue
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
Part III: Agency and Moral Responsibility
10. The Psychology of the Responsible Agent
Holding People Responsible
Methodology
Self-expression Theories
Reasons-Responsiveness Theories
Are We Responsible? Challenges from Psychology
A Case Study: Implicit Bias
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
11. Moral Responsibility, Free Will, and Determinism
Free Will and Determinism
Intuitions and Experimental Philosophy
Two Kinds of Incompatibilism
The Challenge from Neuroscience
Can I Be Excused?
Taking Stock
Summary
Notes
Further Readings
12. Conclusion
Is and Ought
Lessons from Moral Psychology
Summary
Notes
Glossary of Theories and Technical Terms
Bibliography
Index
