Creativity and Morality
Published on 27. October 2022
330 pages
978-0-323-85668-3 (ISBN)
Description
Creativity and Morality summarizes and integrates research on creativity used to achieve bad or immoral ends. The book includes the use of deception, novel ideas to commit wrongdoings across contexts, including in organizations, the classroom and terrorism. Morality is discussed from an individual perspective and relative to broader sociocultural norms that allow people to believe actions are justified. Chapters explore this research from an interdisciplinary perspective, including from psychology, philosophy, media studies, aesthetics and ethics.
- Summarizes research on creativity used for immoral purposes
- Identifies individual and sociocultural perspectives on morality
- Explores creativity in business, education, design and criminal behavior
- Includes research from psychology, philosophy, ethics, and more
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Hansika Kapoor | James C. Kaufman
Creativity and Morality
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10/2022
Academic Press
€142.37
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Content
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION1. The AMORAL model of dark creativity2. An interdisciplinary perspective on creativity and morality3. Beyond malevolent and benevolent: Why creativity and morality have more in common than we expect4. Morality and creativity
SECTION II. CREATIVITY, MORALITY, AND THE ARTS 5. The relation between aesthetic and moral sensitivity6. Can you or will you imagine? Ability and willingness to imagine fictional scenarios depends on the type of imaginary world7. Video games, morality, and empathy
SECTION III. CREATIVITY, MORALITY, AND ORGANIZATIONS/TECHNOLOGY 8. Counterproductive work behaviors and creativity9. The relationship between creativity and (un)ethical behaviors among employees and leaders10. Creativity and morality in the world of technology: The intersection of creativity, design, and responsible problem solving
SECTION IV. DARK INFLUENCES ON CREATIVITY AND MORALITY 11. Creativity and individual and tribal ethical behavior12. Creativity, malevolent creativity, and the Dark Triad13. The intersection of morality, creativity, and deception
SECTION V. CREATIVITY, MORALITY, AND THE SELF 14. The mixed moral implications of the creative identity15. The intersections of creativity and complex moral/immoral emotions16. Morality and creativity
