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Evil and Moral Psychology
Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory Series
Author: Barry Peter Brian
Language: EnglishSubject for Evil and Moral Psychology:
Keywords
Berry; philosophy; morality; character; theory; internalism; action; Evil People; Evil Personhood; Capital Punishment; Extreme Vice; Evil Maxims; Satanic Wickedness; Moral Saints; Mao Zedong; Moral Vices; Identity Thesis; Conventional Transgressions; Moral Reasons; Dispositional Account; Apt Candidate; Type-2 Plea; Non-psychopathic Controls; Evil Actions; Blair’s Research; Deadly Vices; Strawsonian Accounts; Preferential Wickedness; Stanford Prison Experiments; Depravity Scale; Distress Cues; Morally Negligent
Publication date: 02-2013
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 05-2015
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
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This book examines what makes someone an evil person and how evil people are different from merely bad people. Rather than focusing on the "problem of evil" that occupies philosophers of religion, Barry looks instead to moral psychology?the intersection of ethics and psychology. He provides both a philosophical account of what evil people are like and considers the implications of that account for social, legal, and criminal institutions. He also engages in traditional philosophical reasoning strongly informed by psychological research, especially abnormal and social psychology.
In response to the popularity of phrases like "the axis of evil" and the ease with which politicians and others describe their opponents as "evil," Barry sets out to make clear just what it is to be an evil person.
Introduction: The Mark of Cain 1. Preliminary Matters Appendix to Chapter 1: Evil and Experimental Philosophy 2. Taxonomies of Wickedness 3. The Structure of Evil Character 4. The Content of Evil Character Appendix to Chapter 4: Evil and Social Psychology 5. Evil and Moral Responsibility 6. Evil and Abnormal Psychology 7. Evil and Capital Punishment
Peter Brian Barry is AssociateProfessor of Philosophy at Saginaw Valley State University, USA.
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