Advances in experimental moral psychology. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Hagop Sarkissian and Jennifer Cole Wright.
• Editors: (Professor), Sarkissian, Hagop; Wright, Jennifer Cole
• Contents: Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on Contributors; Editors; Contributors; Experimental Moral Psychology: An Introduction; Moral persons; Moral groundings; Measuring morality; Conclusion; References; Part One Moral Persons; Chapter 1 The Character in Competence; Person perception and moral character; Competence as long-term other-orientation; New direction for moral cognition; Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 2 Spoken Words Reveal Selfish Motives: An Individual Difference Approach to Moral Motivation; Selfish or moral? A paradox; Moral hypocrisy; Moral is as moral does? Limitations of self-report inventoriesThe revealing nature of the spoken word; Motives in stories; How to spot a hypocrite: Toward an expedient, objective measure; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Is the Glass of Kindness Half Full or Half Empty? Positive and Negative Reactions to Others' Expressions of Virtue; The two sides of human prosociality; The half empty glass of kindness: When virtuous others are suspected and derogated; A half full glass of kindness: When virtuous others become partners, saints, and heroes; Concluding remarks; Note; References. Chapter 4 What are the Bearers of Virtues?Virtues as dispositional properties; The psychology of dispositions; Revising the metaphysics of virtue; Notes; References; Chapter 5 The Moral Behavior of Ethicists and the Power of Reason; Part 1: Our empirical studies; Part 2: Possible explanations; Notes; References; Part Two Moral Groundings; Chapter 6 Pollution and Purity in Moral and Political Judgment; Disgust and moral judgment: Three claims; Why disgust?; The behavioral immune system and social attitudes; The behavioral immune system and moral judgment. Induced disgust and harsher moral judgmentThe effects of cleanliness on moral and political judgment; Disgusting but permissible actions; Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 7 Selective Debunking Arguments, Folk Psychology, and Empirical Moral Psychology; Some framing questions; Disgust and moral justification; The shape of the argument: Selective debunking; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 8 The Psychological Foundations of Moral Conviction; Measurement and operationalization; The authority independence hypothesis; The nonconformity hypothesis; Conclusion; Notes; References. Chapter 9 How Different Kinds of Disagreement Impact Folk Metaethical JudgmentsStudy 1; Method; Results; Discussion; Study 2; Method; Results; Discussion; Study 3; Method; Results; Discussion; Study 4; Method; Results; Discussion; Study 5; Method; Results; Discussion; General discussion; Notes; References; Chapter 10 Exploring Metaethical Commitments: Moral Objectivity and Moral Progress; Recent work on metaethical beliefs; Method; Results; General discussion; Notes; References; Chapter 11 Agent Versus Appraiser Moral Relativism: An Exploratory Study; Moral relativism.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 170; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY -- Social; Ethics & moral philosophy; Ethics -- Research; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472513045; 1472513045; 1472507851; 9781472507853; 9781306723046; 1306723043
• Related ISBNs: 9781472509383; 1472509382; 9781472507853
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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