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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451088603321

Autore

Prinz Jesse J

Titolo

The emotional construction of morals [[electronic resource] /] / Jesse J. Prinz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14556-4

9786611145569

0-19-153614-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Classificazione

08.38

Disciplina

171/.2

Soggetti

Ethics

Emotions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-328) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Morality and emotion -- Constructing morals.

Sommario/riassunto

Jesse Prinz presents a bravura argument for highly controversial claims about morality, which go to the heart of our understanding of ourselves. He argues that moral values are based on emotional responses, and that these are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection. These two claims support a form of moral relativism. - ;Jesse Prinz argues that recent work in philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology supports two radical hypotheses about the nature of morality: moral values are based on emotional responses, and these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not h