1st Edition

The Psychological Basis of Moral Judgments Philosophical and Empirical Approaches to Moral Relativism

By John Park Copyright 2022
370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge

370 Pages
by Routledge

This volume examines the psychological basis of moral judgments and asks what theories of concepts apply to moral concepts. By combining philosophical reasoning and empirical insights from the fields of moral psychology, cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, and neuroscience, it considers what mental states not only influence, but also constitute our moral concepts and judgments. On this... Read more

Part I: The Constitution Project

Chapter 1: The Groundwork for Theories of Moral Concepts

Chapter 2: Concerning Human Understanding

Chapter 3: From Causal Studies in Moral Psychology to Moral Concepts

Chapter 4: The Prototype, Exemplar, and Classical Views

Chapter 5: The Theory View

Chapter 6: Moral Nativism & Evolutionary Ethics

Chapter 7: The Conative View & the Moral/Conventional Task

Chapter 8: The Conative View Established

Chapter 9: Induction & Concept Combination

Chapter 10: Cognitivism/Non-Cognitivism & Motivational Judgment Internalism/Externalism

Part II: The Semantic Project and Moral Relativism

Chapter 11: Moral Semantic Relativism

Chapter 12: Moral Relativism

Chapter 13: Moral Ontological Relativism

Biography

John J. Park is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, USA