A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism

ISBN-13: 9781032421889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 176 str.

Jennifer Cole Wright

Opis

A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism is a thoroughly researched interdisciplinary exploration of the critical role metaethical beliefs play in the way morality functions.This book offers a helpful guide to social scientists interested in joining this thriving new area of research.

Spis treści

Part I: Studying Metaethical Objectivism—Why, What, and How?1. Introduction  2. Setting the Stage Part II: Methodological Strategies and Challenges—A Review 3. Is it Moral? Measuring Domain Classification 4. Is it Truth-Apt? Measuring Cognitivism vs. Non-Cognitivism 5. Is it Objectively True? Measuring Objectivism Vs. Subjectivism 6. Is it Universally True? Measuring Universalism vs. Relativism Part III: Are the Folk Moral Objectivists? What We Know and Why it Matters 7. Variability in Metaethical Beliefs—Metaethical Pluralism? 8. Correlates, Causes, and Consequences 9. Broader Implications

O autorze

Jennifer Cole Wright is a professor of psychology at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA. Her area of research includes moral development and moral psychology more generally. Specifically, she studies virtue (with a current focus on humility), meta-ethics, moral conviction, and tolerance; the influence of individual and social "liberal vs. conservative" mindsets on moral judgments; and young children’s early moral development. In addition to writing Understanding Virtue: Theory and Measurement (with Michael Warren and Nancy Snow), she has edited an interdisciplinary volume on Humility (2019). Also she has co-edited, with Hagop Sarkissian, Advances in Experimental Moral Psychology (2014).