Valerie Tiberius

Moral Psychology (eBook, PDF)

A Contemporary Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000901511
• Artikelnr.: 68370239

Autorenporträt

Valerie Tiberius is Professor of Philosophy and the Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. Her previous books include - in addition to the First Edition of Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2014) - What Do You Want out of Life?: A Philosophical Guide to Figuring Out What Matters (Princeton University Press, 2023), Well-Being as Value Fulfilment: How We Can Help Each Other to Live Well (Oxford University Press, 2018), and The Reflective Life: Living Wisely with Our Limits (Oxford University Press, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part One: Moral Psychology and Moral Philosophy
1. What Is Moral Psychology?
* What is moral psychology?
* Distinguishing the questions
* Distinguishing psychological states
* Structure and aims of the book:
1. What Are Philosophers Doing Here?
* Moral Agents or Blobs of Flesh
* Moral Realism and the Challenge from Evolution
* Responses to the Challenge
* Moral Psychology and Moral Philosophy
Part Two: Motivation and Moral Motivation: The Basics
2. Moral Motivation: what it is and what it isn't
* Moral Theories and Moral Motivation
* The Challenge of Psychological Egoism
* Psychological Egoism and Empirical Research
* Taking Stock
3. Desires and Reasons
* Some Background Distinctions
* Reasons internalism and externalism
* The Humean Theory of Motivation
* Taking Stock
Part Three: Moral Motivation
4. Emotion & Moral Judgment
* What is an emotion?
* Emotions and Moral Judgment
* Amoralists, Psychopaths and the Debate Between Moral Judgment
Internalism and Externalism
* Taking Stock
5. Sentimentalism and Rationalism:
* Rationalism and Sophisticated Sentimentalism
* The Kantian Challenge to Sophisticated Sentimentalism
* The Empirical Threat to Rationalism
* Taking Stock
6. Virtue
* What kind of state is a virtue?
* Are there any virtues?: The empirical challenge
* Defending Virtue
* Taking Stock
Part Four: Agency and Moral Responsibility
7. The Psychology of the Responsible Agent
* Methodology
* Real Self Theories
* Normative Competence
* Are we Competent?: Challenges from Psychology
8. Moral Responsibility, Free Will and Determinism
* Free Will and Determinism
* Intuitions and Experimental Philosophy
* Libertarianism and the Challenge from Neuroscience
* Can I Be Excused?
Part Five: Three Big Questions
9. Should I be moral?: Well-being and the good life
* Prudential Reasons and 'Good For'
* Theories of Well-Being
* Psychological Evidence for the Well-being - Morality Link
* Conclusion
10. How do we know what is morally right?: Moral psychology and moral knowledge
* The Attack on Intuitions: Biases and Trolley-ology
* Intuitions, Intuitionism and Reflective Equilibrium
11. Can you get an ought from an is?
* Is and Ought: A Complex Relationship
* Reducing Ought to Is
12. Final Thoughts

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Chapter 1. Introduction: What is Moral Psychology? Part I: Human Nature: What are We Like and What Does it Matter? Chapter 2. The Starting Points of Morality Chapter 3. Moral Motivation and Selfishness Chapter 4. Why Be Moral?: Moral Reasons and Well-Being Part II: Moral Motivation and Moral Judgment Chapter 5. Desires and Reasons Chapter 6. Emotion and Moral Judgment Chapter 7. Sentimentalism and Rationalism Chapter 8. Brains, Biases, and Trolleys Chapter 9. Virtue Part III: Agency and Moral Responsibility Chapter 10. The Psychology of the Responsible Agent Chapter 11. Moral Responsibility, Free Will, and Determinism Chapter 12. Conclusion. Index

Rezensionen

"Valerie Tiberius' Moral Psychology, 2^nd edition, proved to be the ideal stand-alone text for my upper-division course on the Philosophy and Psychology of Morality. The breadth of topics covered is impressive, the writing is reader-friendly, and philosophical and scientific perspectives on morality are each given their due - and, when possible, skillfully integrated. My students enjoyed discussing the book and learned much from it, as did I. A+!"

Timothy Shanahan, Loyola Marymount University

"This might be the only textbook I've read that I can honestly describe as a page-turner. Engaging and funny, this fantastic book manages to cover the vast field of moral psychology, from ancient philosophical theories to the latest empirical findings. Tiberius is able to illustrate and explain complex philosophical puzzles in a way that is not only clear - it's also clearly applicable to readers' own lives."

Jesse Graham, The University of Utah