24.120 Moral Psychology, Fall 2005

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Holton, Richard, 1962-

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Moral Psychology

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Abstract

The course is an examination of philosophical theories of action and motivation in the light of empirical findings from social psychology, sociology and neuroscience. Topics include Belief, Desire, and Moral Motivation; Sympathy and Empathy; Intentions and other Committing States; Strength of Will and Weakness of Will; Free Will; Addiction and Compulsion; Guilt, Shame and Regret; Evil; Self-knowledge and Self-deception; Virtues and Character Traits.

Date issued

2005-12

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55902

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy

Other identifiers

24.120-Fall2005

local: 24.120

local: IMSCP-MD5-65cc15595d199736709c363449b0d7e0

Keywords

action, motivation, social psychology, sociology, beleif, desire, moral motivation, sympathy, empathy, intention, will, addiction, resolution, rationality, identification, autonomy

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