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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458631903321

Autore

Greenspan Patricia S. <1944->

Titolo

Practical guilt [[electronic resource] ] : moral dilemmas, emotions, and social norms / / P.S. Greenspan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995

ISBN

0-19-534470-7

1-280-44170-4

1-4237-6499-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Disciplina

128/.3

Soggetti

Guilt

Emotions (Philosophy)

Social norms

Ethics

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. 235-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I. BETWEEN THE HORNS; 1. Defusing Dilemmas; 2. Practical Oughts and Prohibitions; 3. Motivational Foundations of Conflict; II. SENSIBILITY AND STANDPOINTS; 4. Moral Residues; 5. Unavoidable Guilt; 6. Basing Ethics on Emotion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

This treatise argues that dilemmas may be regarded as possible consequences of a set of social rules designed to be simple enough to be teachable. The author shows how emotional capacities can affect the very content of morality by providing its motivational force.