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The Sources of Moral Agency

Essays in Moral Psychology and Freudian Theory

by John Deigh

  • Hardback
  • 274 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

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The essays in this collection are concerned with the psychology of moral agency. They focus on moral feelings and moral motivation, and seek to understand the operations and origins of these phenomena as rooted in the natural desires and emotions of human beings. An important feature of the essays, and one that distinguishes the book from most philosophical work in moral psychology, is the attention to the writings of Freud. Many of the essays draw on Freud's ideas about conscience and morality, while several explore the depths and limits of Freud's theories. An underlying theme of the volume is a critique of influential rationalist accounts of moral agency. John Deigh shows that one can subject the principles of morality to rational inquiry without thereby holding that reason alone can originate action.
The Sources of Moral Agency and Emotions, Values, and the Law
Emotions, Values, and the LawThe Sources of Moral Agency

  • Author

    John Deigh

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    July 1996

  • Weight

    573g

  • Page Count

    274

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521554183

  • ISBN-10

    0521554187

  • Eden Code

    4575219

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