ABSTRACT
This is the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: What is moral motivation? Do reasons for action always depend on desires? Is emotion or reason at the heart of moral judgment? Under what conditions are people morally responsible? Are there self-interested reasons for people to be moral? Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction presents research by philosophers and psychologists on these topics, and addresses the overarching question of how empirical research is (or is not) relevant to philosophical inquiry.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |27 pages
Moral Psychology and Moral Philosophy
chapter |12 pages
What Is Moral Psychology?
chapter |13 pages
What Are Philosophers Doing Here?
part |37 pages
Motivation and Moral Motivation
chapter |20 pages
Desires and Reasons
part |59 pages
Moral Motivation
chapter |18 pages
Emotion and Moral Judgment
chapter |21 pages
Sentimentalism and Rationalism
chapter |18 pages
Virtue
part |40 pages
Agency and Moral Responsibility
chapter |20 pages
The Psychology of the Responsible Agent
chapter |18 pages
Moral Responsibility, Free Will and Determinism
part |55 pages
Three Big Questions