Bongrae Seok

Moral Psychology of Confucian Shame (eBook, ePUB)

Shame of Shamelessness

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Early Confucian philosophers (notably Confucius and Mencius) emphasized moral significance of shame in self-cultivation and learning. In their discussion, shame is not just a painful sense of moral failure or transgression but also a moral disposition and a form of moral excellence (i.e., virtue) that is essential to Confucian self-cultivation.

In Moral Psychology of Confucian Shame, Bongrae Seok argues that shame is a genuine moral emotion and moral disposition.
Engaging with recent studies of social psychology, cultural psychology, biology, and anthropology, Seok explains that shame is a uniquely evolved form of moral emotion that is comparable to, but not identical with, guilt. The author goes on to develop an interpretation of Confucian shame that reveals the embodied, interactive, and transformative nature of the Confucian moral self.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783485192
• Artikelnr.: 47402648

Autorenporträt

Bongrae Seok is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Alvernia University, USA. He is the author of Embodied Moral Psychology and Confucian Philosophy (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Shame and Morality
1. Unashamed Introduction to Shame
Part II: Psychology of Shame
2. Unity and Diversity of Shame
3. Social and Moral Evolution of Shame
Part III: Confucian Shame
4. Confucian Shame and Moral Excellence
5. Confucian Shame and the Moral Self
Bibliography
Index