A psychological approach to ethical reality
by
 
Hillner, Kenneth P.

Title
A psychological approach to ethical reality

Author
Hillner, Kenneth P.

ISBN
9780444506399
 
9780585473765
 
9780080515328

Personal Author
Hillner, Kenneth P.

Edition
1st ed.

Publication Information
Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 2000.

Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages)

Series
Advances in psychology ; 132
 
Advances in psychology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 132.

Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. Domain of the ought: prolegomena. Psychology: prolegomena. Why psychology is interested in ethics. Why a psychological analysis of ethics is necessary. Orientations; content of observation: types of moral judgments. Epiphenomena: domain of ethical phenomena. Epistemology: existential status of moral judgments/value qualities. Metaphysics: contentual ethical issues. Application: construction of an ethical reality. Bibliography. Name index. Subject index.

Abstract
The pre-eminent 19th century British ethicist, Henry Sidgwick once said: "All important ethical notions are also psychological, except perhaps the fundamental antitheses of 'good' and 'bad' and 'wrong', with which psychology, as it treats of what is and not of what ought to be, is not directly concerned" (quoted in T.N. Tice and T.P. Slavens, 1983). Sidgwick's statement can be interpreted to mean that psychology is relevant for ethics or that psychological knowledge contributes to the construction of an ethical reality. This interpretation serves as the basic impetus to this book, but Sidgwick's statement is also analyzed in detail to demonstrate why a current exposition on the relevance of psychology for ethical reality is necessary and germane.

Subject Term
Ethics.
 
Psychology.
 
Ethics. (DNLM)D004989
 
Psychology. (DNLM)D011584
 
Morale.
 
Psychologie.
 
PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
 
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
 
Ethics. (OCoLC)fst00915833
 
Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01081447
 
Ethiek.

Genre
Electronic books.

Electronic Access
ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444506399
 
ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/publication?issn=01664115&volume=132
 
ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/01664115/132


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