Evil and moral psychology / / Peter Brian Barry

• Autore: Barry Peter Brian <1974-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 170.1/9
• Soggetto topico: Good and evil - Psychological aspects; Ethics - Psychological aspects; Psychology - Moral and ethical aspects; Psychology and philosophy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary matters -- Appendix to chapter 1: evil and experimental philosophy -- Taxonomies of wickedness -- The structure of evil character -- The content of evil character -- Appendix to chapter 4: evil and social psychology -- Evil and moral responsibility -- Evil and abnormal psychology -- Evil and capital punishment.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines what makes someone an evil person and how evil people are different from merely bad people. Rather than focusing on the ""problem of evil"" that occupies philosophers of religion, Barry looks instead to moral psychology-the intersection of ethics and psychology. He provides both a philosophical account of what evil people are like and considers the implications of that account for social, legal, and criminal institutions. He also engages in traditional philosophical reasoning strongly informed by psychological research, especially abnormal and social psychology. </
• Titolo autorizzato: Evil and moral psychology
• ISBN: 1-135-11979-1; 0-203-07535-8; 1-299-44819-4; 1-135-11980-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779701003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; ; 20.