Candace L. Upton

Situational Traits of Character (eBook, PDF)

Dispositional Foundations and Implications for Moral Psychology and Friendship

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophical tradition holds that character traits are global; if you possess a particular character trait, you will perform trait-related behavior across a broad range of situations. In Situational Traits of Character: Dispositional Foundations and Implications for Moral Psychology and Friendship, a groundbreaking study at the intersection of ethics, moral psychology, and metaphysics, Candace L. Upton offers an intriguing alternative to this philosophical tradition. By appealing to both normative considerations and the metaphysics of dispositions, Upton argues that character traits should be understood situationally. After developing and defending her situational account of character traits, Upon uses this account to adjudicate the debate over the compatibility of the demands of consequentialism with those of genuine friendship in favor of the friendly consequentialist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216326304
• Artikelnr.: 74390423

Autorenporträt

Candace L. Upton is assistant professor of philosophy at University of Denver.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Global Traits of Character
Chapter 2. Traits as Dispositions
Chapter 3. Situational Traits of Character
Chapter 4. Situational Traits and Social Psychology
Chapter 5. Situational Traits and the Friendly Consequentialist