1st Edition
A Psychological Perspective on Folk Moral Objectivism
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
Biography
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).
