Lack of Character

Personality and Moral Behavior

AvJohn M. Doris

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

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Beskrivning

This book is a provocative contribution to contemporary ethical theory challenging foundational conceptions of character that date back to Aristotle. John Doris draws on behavioral science, especially social psychology, to argue that we misattribute the causes of behavior to personality traits and other fixed aspects of character rather than to the situational context. More often than not it is the situation not the nature of the personality that really counts. The author elaborates the philosophical consequences of this research for a whole array of ethical theories and shows that, once rid of the misleading conception of motivation, moral psychology can support more robust ethical theories and more humane ethical practices.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-03-07
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:430 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521608909

Utforska kategorier

Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

John Doris is Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Recensioner i media

'Doris is exploring, and taking the lead in creating, a field of 'empirically informed ethics'. He has paid close, careful, imaginative attention to psychological studies that turn out to have relevance to questions of the determinants of moral behavior, and has extracted the implications of those studies for the theories that he has also mastered, philosophical accounts of moral character, reasoning, and the production of moral actions. This is a book that will provide impetus to the formerly flagging conversation between those concerned with what is and what ought to be in the domain of morality.' John M. Darley, Princeton University

Innehållsförteckning

Preface: a renaissance of virtue; 1. Joining the hunt; 2. Character and consistency; 3. Moral character, moral behavior; 4. The fragmentation of character; 5. Judging character; 6. From psychology to ethics; 7. Situation and responsibility; 8. Is there anything to be ashamed of?