Responsibility, Character, and the Emotions: New Essays in Moral Psychology - Hardback

This volume of original essays addresses a range of issues concerning the responsibility individuals have for their actions and for their characters. Among the central questions considered are: what scope is there for regarding a person as responsible for his character given genetic and environmental factors; does an account of responsiblity provide a legitimate basis for the retributive emotions; are we ever justified in feeling guilty for occurrences over which we have no control; does responsibility for the consequences of our acts require that they were intended or simply expected; and how have a number of influential previous philosophers, including Aristotle, Maimonides, and Spinoza, approached these questions?

• | Author: Ferdinand Schoeman
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 29, 1988
• | Number of Pages: 372 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0521327202
• | ISBN-13: 9780521327206