Reason, Emotion and Will
Published on 25. June 1999
Book
Hardback
592 pages
978-1-85521-970-0 (ISBN)
Description
The moral strands of psychology are explored in this collection of essays, split into five parts: motivation and desire; reasons and desires; desire and the good; weakness and the strength of will; and shame, guilt and remorse. The characteristics of what constitutes moral thought, perception and feeling are investigated, as are the moral emotions and how they contribute to the ethical life. Many of the essays touch upon the role of cognitive and non-cognitive states in relation to agency and the will, and the question of how to measure negative and positive psychological phenomena is also addressed. For instance, the question of whether the understanding of these moral discourses must be restricted by preceding theories is looked into.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 251 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85521-970-0 (9781855219700)
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Content
Part 1 Motivation and desire: the human theory of motivation, Michael Smith; practical tortoise reasoning, Simon Blackburn; motivational internalism - the powers and limits of practical reasoning, Alfred Mele; why there is really no such thing as the theory of motivation, Jonathan Dancy; taking plans seriously, Michael Bratman. Part 2 Reasons and desires - how to argue about practical reason, R. Jay Wallace; Williams' argument against external reasons, Elijah Millgram; internal reasons, Michael Smith; the possibility of practical reason, J. David Velleman; reasons and motivation, Derek Parfit; reasons and motivation, John Broome. Part 3 Desire and the good: desiring the bad, Michael Stocker; the guise of the good, J. David Velleman; the authority of the desire, Dennis Stampe; the faintest passion, Harry Frankfurt; where does the akractic break take place, Amelie Oskenberg Rorty. Part 4 Weakness and strength of will: weakness of will and practical judgement, Robert Audi; weakness of will, Frank Jackson; scepticism about weakness of will, Gary Watson; will power and the virtues, Robert Roberts. Part 5 Shame, guilt and remorse - subjective guilt and responsibility, Patricia Greenspan; shame and self-esteem - a critique, John Deigh; impersonality, character, and moral expressivism, Richard Moran; is it reasonable to regret things one did?, Rudiger Bittner; the decline of guilt, Herbert Morris.