In recent decades the central questions of moral psychology have attracted renewed interest. Contemporary work on moral motivation and the rationality of moral action has broadened its focus to include a wide array of related issues. New interpretations of historical figures have also contributed to conceptual advances in moral psychology, in a way unparalleled in any other area of philosophy. This volume presents original work from some of the most prominent philosophers currently working on moral psychology, spanning both the historical and the contemporary problem-based approaches.
Author(s): Sergio Tenenbaum
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 352
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
DESIRE, POWER AND THE GOOD IN PLATO’S GORGIAS......Page 16
VIRTUE AND ARGUMENT IN ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS......Page 38
CHARACTER TRAITS AND THE HUMEAN APPROACH TO ETHICS......Page 80
KANT ON THE AGREEABLE AND THE GOOD......Page 112
GOALS, WISHES, AND REASONS FOR ACTION......Page 162
PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE AFTERMATH: ETHICAL THEORY AND THE INTELLIGIBILITY OF MORAL EXPERIENCE......Page 186
HOW REASON CAN BE PRACTICAL: A REPLY TO HUME......Page 214
MORTALITY, AGENCY, AND REGRET......Page 232
RATIONALITY AND CHARACTER TRAITS......Page 262
IS THERE A NEXUS BETWEEN REASONS AND RATIONALITY?......Page 280
PRACTICAL REASONS AND MISTAKES OF PRACTICAL RATIONALITY......Page 300
THE CONCLUSION OF PRACTICAL REASON......Page 324
