The Sources of Moral Agency: Essays in Moral Psychology and Freudian Theory

Deigh, John

ISBN 10: 0511624638 ISBN 13: 9780511624636

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

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The essays in this collection are concerned with the psychology of moral agency. They focus on moral feelings and moral motivation, and seek to understand the operations and origins of these phenomena as rooted in the natural desires and emotions of human beings. An important feature of the essays, and one that distinguishes the book from most philosophical work in moral psychology, is the attention to the writings of Freud. Many of the essays draw on Freud's ideas about conscience and morality, while several explore the depths and limits of Freud's theories. An underlying theme of the volume is a critique of influential rationalist accounts of moral agency. John Deigh shows that one can subject the principles of morality to rational inquiry without thereby holding that reason alone can originate action.

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"...these essays will repay the attention of philosophers and psychologists alike." Choice

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The essays in this collection are concerned with the psychology of moral agency. They focus on moral feelings and moral motivation, and seek to understand the operations and origins of these phenomena as rooted in the natural desires and emotions of human beings. An important feature of Deigh's essays is the attention given to the writings of Freud.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0511624638
• ISBN 13: 9780511624636
• Rilegatura: Printed Access Code