Amoral Thoughts About Morality: The Intersection of Science, Psychology, and Ethics - Hardcover

Kendler, Howard H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0398077916 ISBN 13: 9780398077914

Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

In recent years, the social responsibilities of psychology and psychologists have become a source of considerable controversy. This book seeks to clarify the issues in dispute by analyzing the relationships between scientific facts and moral principles and the implications of these interactions for psychologists in a democratic society. The analysis brings to the surface underlying ethical, legal, and scientific problems that are too easily ignored. These problems are brought into sharp focus by analyzing the relationship between facts and values within an epistemological framework that is applicable to controversial social issues. The query "Can psychology advocate moral principles and prescribe public policy?" is discussed in great detail as applied tosuch emotion-laden controversies as intelligence testing, racial differences, affirmative action, multiculturalism, and moral pluralism. This book can serve as a stimulating text for undergraduate and graduate seminars. It is also an excellent resource for psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, psychiatrists, and philosophers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0398077916
• ISBN 13: 9780398077914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 255