Responsibility, Character, and the Emotions: New Essays in Moral Psychology - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521327202 ISBN 13: 9780521327206

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Synopsis

This volume of original essays addresses a range of issues concerning the responsibility individuals have for their actions and for their characters. Among the central questions considered are the following: What scope is there for regarding a person as responsible for his or her character given genetic and environmental factors? Does an account of responsibility provide a legitimate basis for the retributive emotions? Are we ever justified in feeling guilty for occurences over which we have no control? Does responsibility for the consequences of our acts require that they were intended or simply expected? How have a number of influential previous philosophers, including Aristotle, Maimonides, and Spinoza, approached these questions?

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Review:

"...an invaluable, possibly ground-breaking, collection of hitherto unpublished essays by authors (philosophers, lawyers, and psychologists), many of whom are well known for their work in the area. The essays are all highly orginal or suggestive, and the introduction contains a brief summary of each." Ethics, July 1989

"...Schoeman has put together a collection of essays, which contains an index of names, that will repay careful study because important new issues are raised and important old issues are raised in a new light. This collection is very highly recommended. It should occasion much fruitful philosophical discussion." Laurence Thomas, Ethics, July 1989

Book Description:

This volume of original essays addresses a range of issues concerning the responsibility individuals have for their actions and for their characters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0521327202
• ISBN 13: 9780521327206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 372
• Editor: Schoeman Ferdinand