John Sabini, Maury Silver

Emotion, Character, and Responsibility

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays explores why emotions are important in our conception of a person's character and in our own conception of self. Chapter topics include caring, loyalty, sincerity, shame, guilt, embarrassment and self-deception. The text is intended for clinicians, social psychologists interested in the study of emotion and interested general readers.

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We do not choose our emotions, yet they are fundamental to our self conception and are deeply linked to our actions and choices. This book provides an insightful look at the subtle connections between emotions and our ideas about character.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 370g
• ISBN-13: 9780195121674
• ISBN-10: 0195121678
• Artikelnr.: 21619913

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Introduction
* 2: Emotion, Character, and Responsibility
* 3: On the Captivity of the Will: Sympathy, Caring, and a Moral Sense
of the Human
* 4: Sincerity: Feelings and Constructions in Making a Self
* 5: Loyalty as Good and Duty: A Critique of Stocker
* 6: In Defense of Shame: Shame in the Context of Guilt and
Embarrassment
* 7: On Knowing Self-Deception
* 8: On the Possible Non-Existence of Emotions: The Passions
* Epilogue