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Moral Psychology Today

Essays on Values, Rational Choice, and the Will

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Editors:
  1. David K. Chan

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, USA

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  • Provides the most current and extensive update on research in moral psychology
  • In contrast with most recent books in moral psychology, the original papers in this volume explore a wide range of topics in moral psychology, and is not just narrowly focused on a single issue
  • Brings together the work of established philosophers and up-and-coming philosophers, writing from several countries in North America, Europe, and Australia
  • Broad appeal among philosophers in the English-speaking world who teach or research in moral philosophy and the philosophy of action
  • For readers exploring the interdisciplinary field of moral psychology, this book provides entry points to the most important sub-disciplines in the field

Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 110)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-14
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  2. Meta-ethics of Values

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Moral Realism, Meta-Ethical Pyrrhonism and Naturalism

      • Drew Khlentzos
      Pages 17-36

    3. Buck-passing Personal Values

      • Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen
      Pages 37-51

  3. Reason and Choice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Volitions, Comparative Value Judgments, and Choice

      • Joseph Boyle
      Pages 55-73

    3. The Insignificance of Choice

      • J.S. Biehl
      Pages 75-92

  4. Desire and Intention

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. The Indeterminacy of Desire and Practical Reason

      • Patrick Fleming
      Pages 95-107

    3. The Myth of Objectively Alien Desires

      • James Stacey Taylor
      Pages 109-122

    4. On the Intelligibility of Bad Acts

      • Michael Stocker
      Pages 123-140

    5. After Anscombe

      • David K. Chan
      Pages 141-154

  5. Practical Reason

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. The Limits of Teleology

      • Crystal Thorpe
      Pages 157-172

    3. Motivation to the Means

      • Stephen Finlay
      Pages 173-191

    4. Thresholds, Vagueness and the Psychology of Small Improvements

      • Erik Schmidt
      Pages 193-204

  6. Freedom and Moral Agency

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Taking Liberty with Humean Necessity: Compatibilism and Contingency

      • Troy L. Booher
      Pages 207-223

    3. Rational Choice and Evolutionary Fit

      • Malcolm Murray
      Pages 225-238

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 239-244
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Moral Psychology Today David K. Chan Philosophers working in the ?eld of moral psychology concern themselves with issuesandquestionsthat straddleacrossmorethanonesub-disciplinein philosophy. The answers that they propose and the theories that they propound have impli- tions for moral philosophy,the philosophyof mind, epistemology and metaphysics. Philosophers with an interest in the ‘will’ or the motivational psychology of human action dividebetween those investigatingpsychologicalandbehavioralconceptsfor their own sake, and those working on action theory for the sake of answering larger questions, especially ethical ones. The essays in this volume, all of which were presented at a conference on Values, Rational Choice, and the Will, belong largely in the latter category of research. The essays here contribute to debates and discussions on a wide range of topics that are of current interest in moral psychology. These essays demonstrate both the breadth of the ?eld of moral psychology and the importance of the questions - vestigated. Arti?cial boundaries between sub-disciplines of philosophy are crossed in putting these essays together in the same anthology. There are essays here in meta-ethics and in normative ethics. There are essays in ethical theory and in - plied ethics. There are essays that draw on discoveries in empirical psychology.

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  • Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, USA

    David K. Chan

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