Emotions shape our mental and social lives, but their relation to morality is problematic: are they sources of moral knowledge, or obstacles to morality?Fourteen original articles by leading scholars in moral psychology and philosophy of mind explore the relation between emotions and practical rationality, value, autonomy, and moral identity. Emotions shape our mental and social lives. Their relation to morality is, however, problematic. Since ancient times, philosophers have disagreed about the place of emotions in morality. One the one hand, some hold that emotions are disorderly and unpredictable animal drives, which undermine our autonomy and interfere with our reasoning. For them, emotions represent a persistent source of obstacles to morality, as in the case of self-love. Some virtues, such as prudence, temperance,and fortitude, require or simply consist in the capacity to counteract the disruptive effect of emotions. On the other hand, venerable traditions of thought place emotions such as respect, love, and compassion at the very heart of morality. Emotions are sources of moral knowledge, modes of moralrecognition, discernment, valuing, and understanding. Emotions such as blame,guilt, and shame are the voice of moral conscience, and are central to the functioning of our social lives and normative practices. New scientific findingsabout the pervasiveness of emotions posit new challenges to ethical theory. Are we responsible for emotions? What is their relation to practical rationality? Are they roots of our identity or threats to our autonomy? This volume is born out of the conviction thatphilosophy provides a distinctive approach to these problems. Fourteen original articles, by prominent scholars in moral psychology and philosophy of mind,offer new arguments about the relation between emotions and practical rationality, value, autonomy, and moral identity. INDICE: Contents List of Contributors Introduction Craving the right: emotions and moral reasons Emotions and the categorical authority of moral reasonsSelf-Love and Practical Rationality The Nature and Morality of Romantic Compromises Values and Emotions: Neo-Sentimentalism's Prospects Emotions, perceptions and reasons Conscience: What is Moral Intuition? Empathy and empirical psychology. A critique of Shaun Nichols's Neo-sentimentalism Reactive Attitudes Revisited Responsibility and Dignity: Strawsonian Themes Guilty Thoughts Moral Sentiment and the Sources of Moral Identity On Alienated Emotions Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-957750-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 27/10/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés